Catherine Robertson is the writer of bestselling chick lit novels. She was born in Wellington and attended Victoria University of Wellington. She left New Zealand for a while to live in San Francisco and Buckinghamshire, but is now back. Her `real job' is owning and running a marketing consultancy with her husband. Her debut novel, The Sweet Second Life of Darrell Kincaid, hit the New Zealand bestseller list immediately, making its way to number one. She quickly followed up with The Not So Perfect Life of Mo Lawrence. The third volume of her trilogy is called The Misplaced Affections of Charlotte Fforbes. Catherine was a featured author at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair. In 2015 her title The Hiding Places made The New Zealand Best Seller List. This same title won the award for fiction at the Arts Festival Library Carnival in Nelson 2015.
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