About

Born in Malacca, Malaya and educated in Perth, Western Australia, Catharine Cool went on to graduate studies at the University of London where she met and married an American anthropologist. As a Foreign Service wife, living in posts throughout South Asia and the Pacific, she reared three children, taught high school, and grew as a writer, poet, and painter. Since retiring to Virginia, she has continued painting and writing, and growing flowers, and has published three memoirs.