Katherine Rundell

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Katherine Rundell (she/her) is a fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, where she researches Renaissance literature. Her book Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne (FSG, 2022) was a finalist for the 2023 Pegasus Award in Poetry Criticism.

Her bestselling books for children have been translated into more than 30 languages and have won multiple awards. Rundell is also the author of Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019). She has written for the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, the New York Review of Books, and TheNew York Times, among other outlets.