凯瑟琳·班纳简介
英国剑桥市19岁女孩凯瑟琳·班纳在14岁时就开始 悄悄地坐在班级的后面写撰写自己的第一部小说，日前，她的魔幻小说《一个国王的眼睛》已经正式出版，并且已经有导演希望将它拍成一部像《哈里·波特》一样的高票房魔幻电影 如今她被誉为风靡全球的《哈里波特》作者罗琳的接班人。
凯瑟琳说：“我从小就爱听故事和写东西，当我放学后，我总爱花几个小时编写故事。当我14岁时，我就开始利用放学时间和周末撰写第一本小说。
凯瑟琳16岁那年参加了剑桥市的一个图书节，并遇到了一个文学书商。当这名书商阅读了凯瑟琳的小说《一个国王的眼睛》初稿后，立即从中发现了凯瑟琳潜在的写作才能。当凯瑟琳刚刚参加完英国中学普通教育证书考试后不久，英国兰登书屋出版商就和她签订了一份新书出版合同。凯瑟琳说：“我总是梦想成为一名作家，但我从来没有想到我写的书竟会真的出版。当我签下出版合同后，我感到非常兴奋和震惊。”凯瑟琳希望自己的新书能够赢得读者的喜爱。
凯瑟琳目前已经完成了魔幻三部曲中的第二部小说，而第三部小说正在撰写之中。
《一个国王的眼睛》描述一些年轻人在一个魔法世界中的历险，年轻的主人公里奥·诺斯在雪地上无意中捡到了一本神秘的黑书，这本书具有神奇的魔力，诺斯在这本书的陪伴下，开始了他的魔法世界探险记南志·
英语介绍
Catherine Banner started writing her book sitting at the back of the classroom at the age of 14. She is becoming the next J.K. Rowling.
Now 19, Miss Banner has alreadypublishedher first work, The Eyes of a King, which is becoming a best-seller.
"Growing up, I always loved stories and writing," she said. "When I was little, one of my favorite games was tostapletogether pieces of paper and make them into a book with stories and pictures, and later I spent hours after school writing stories."
"I wrote whenever I had any time free. Sometimes I was even writing down a few sentences at the back of the class or in between lessons so as not to forget them. It was just a bit of fun."
"I was really excited. It just meant so much to me. Now I’m looking forward to hearing what people think of the book."
She started an English degree at Cambridge University in September 2008.
