Katharine Mary Grant (née Towneley; born 1958) is a British children's writer based in Scotland.
She is best known for her DeGranville Trilogy published by Walker Books.
Katharine Mary Towneley was born in 1958, in Cliviger to Sir Simon Towneley and Lady Mary Fitzherbert.
[1][2] She grew up at Dyneley Hall near Burnley,[citation needed] and attended Glasgow University.
[1] In 1985, she married William Marr Couper Grant.