About Caroline Hatton
Caroline (rhymes with lean) was born in Normandy to Vietnamese immigrants and raised in Paris. Since her parents weren't made of French francs, she could never buy enough books, so she borrowed them from her school library. At age ten, having read all the library books an average of 2.7 times each, she began to write novels of her own in French. They were pretty terrible, so it's a good thing no French writing of hers survived, except for a poem about a cockroach.By age sixteen, all this reading had led to a passion for science, so she took a detour from fiction writing to become a scientist. With a pharmacist degree from the University of Paris and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from UCLA, she became the Associate Director of the UCLA Olympic Laboratory for a decade and a half, testing athletes for performance-enhancing drugs. Yet she never lost sight of her desire to write, so in recent years, she rearranged her life to fulfill it.
Caroline's first, humorous, multicultural novel, Véro and Philippe, made the Los Angeles Times Children's Bestsellers list. The book is about sibling rivalry turning to teamwork between Vietnamese-French kids growing up in Paris. Her publications also include stories in Cricket, craft activities in Highlights for Children, and the Emergent Readers, Where Is My Puppy?, Surprise Moon, and A Pet For Grandma. Her newest book is The Night Olympic Team, a science adventure of Olympic proportions.
When Caroline is not writing: She consults for sport organizations that fight drug abuse; translates science books from French into English; volunteers for the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators; and visits schools to inspire children to enjoy the power of words.
Read Caroline's interview by Tina Nichols Coury.
Read Caroline's interview by Bonnie O'Brian for California Readers.
