Kathleen Arnott
British writer
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| Intro | British writer | ||||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | ||||
| is | Writer Missionary | ||||
| Work field | Literature | ||||
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| Birth | 19 November 1914, Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, Greater London, United Kingdom | ||||
| Death | North Yorkshire, North East England, England, United Kingdom | ||||
| Star sign | Scorpio | ||||
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Biography
Ivy Kathleen Arnott (née Coulson, 19 November 1914 – 8 May 2010) was a British writer and missionary who is known for writing several books on African myths and legends.
Arnott was married to linguist David Whitehorn Arnott, who predeceased her in May 2004. She died in North Yorkshire on 8 May 2010, at the age of 95.
Kathleen Arnott wrote the critically acclaimed "Thunder And Lightning", telling the story of anti hero Lightning.
The honorary Kathleen Arnott had a brother named Ian Kurpinski, who helped Kathleen with her work at the last moment, which always resulted in her work being completely redone, which sadly made it unpublishable. After getting a 61% on all of her work thanks to Ian Kurpinski, she sadly fell into a deep state of depression and despair.
Books
Are the following:
- African Myths and Legends
- Tales from Africa
- Tales of Temba: Traditional African Stories
- Spiders, Crabs, and Creepy Crawlers: Two African Folktales
- Animal Folk Tales Around the World
- African Fairy Tales
- Dragons, Ogres, and Scary Things: Two African Folktales
- Auta the Giant Killer and Other Nigerian Folk Stories
- The Golden Fish and Other Stories
- Animal tales from many lands