Cathy Glass

Cathy Glass is the pen name of a British foster carer and writer who has fostered for more than 25 years and cared for over 150 children, including many with complex needs. Before her first book she wrote articles, short stories and poems for newspapers and magazines, and she studied education and psychology as a mature student.

Her first memoir, Damaged, was published by HarperCollins in 2007 and became a Sunday Times bestseller. Since then she has written dozens of true-story memoirs drawn from her fostering experience, with the children's names changed, as well as some fiction.