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. In 1948, she married Denis Heath; they were divorced in 1980. Also in 1948, she became an assistant lecturer in the University of Wales.
Her novels stone Walls and The Vulture received positive reviews from critics.[4]
