Catherine Heath

Catherine Heath (17 November 1924 – 27 October 1991) was a British novelist.

An obituary in The Daily Telegraph called her work "gentle and witty, full of cool observations about human behaviour.

"[1] Heath was born Catherine Hirsch in Hendon, Middlesex, the daughter of Dutch immigrants Samuel and Anna de Boer Hirsch.

[2] She was educated at Henda County School then St Hilda's College, Oxford,[3] where she studied English under Helen Gardner.

Her novels stone Walls and The Vulture received positive reviews from critics.