Catherine Kopf

Catherine Kopf develops and edits children’s fantasy and science fiction, with a particular interest in imaginative worlds, friendship, and young characters confronting restrictive systems. She also founded Dream Cat Publishing and has described an early attraction to whimsical storytelling and visual creativity. The 2019 publication Splintering Reality was the second volume associated with her Breaking Order books. Contemporary listings placed it after Breaking Order and presented it as Book Two of the Breaking Order Series, while the author’s later series information indicates that the volume no longer belongs to that sequence. This change makes edition context especially important when identifying the work. Kopf has since developed middle-grade fantasy through The Dreamer’s Chronicles and contributed to the speculative anthology Sea Among Stars. Her roles as author, editor, and small-press owner meet in projects designed to make fantasy accessible to younger readers. Across those roles, she emphasizes relatable friendships and creative possibility alongside the pressures imposed by dystopian or magical settings.