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Cathy Donald

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Born

in Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Website

http://www.cathydonald.co.za

Genre

Fiction

Influences

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Member Since

October 2016

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I was born and raised in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and from earliest childhood had a great love of reading and also of writing my own stories. I also enjoyed the dramatic arts and qualified with a diploma in Speech and Drama in 1976. I attended the University of the Witwatersrand where I studied Medicine and qualified as a medical doctor in 1984. Since then I have practiced medicine in urban and rural settings and currently have my own practice in Somerset West. Through the years I have continued writing, mainly scripts for musical productions for schools and youth groups. My husband, Roy, is also a doctor and I have three adult children, two sons and a daughter. As my children have grown and left home, I have had more time to indulge my ...more

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Average rating: 4.28 · 107 ratings · 54 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Reluctant Cuckoo 4.49 avg rating — 37 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miles to go 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Stone 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silence of the Shadows 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breathless 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Legally Blind it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Cathy Donald made a comment on Samuel Donald’s review of The First Stone " Hi Samuel, thanks so much. All my books are available from Amazon "
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