Cathy Hopkins

For The Apprentice (UK) candidate, see Katie Hopkins Cathy Hopkins (born January 23, 1953) is an English writer with over 70 published titles. She has written for fiction for children, teens and adults. Early life Hopkins was born in Manchester, but lived in Kenya from the age of five until she was eleven and her family returned to England. She also sang with a rock and roll band named Driving Rock and the Rockettes, which toured local colleges and universities as the warm-up band to groups such as Wizard and The Average White Band. Her late father wrote under the name Billy Hopkins. His titles include Our Kid, Kate's Story, High Hopes, Going Places, Anything Goes, Whatever Next, Tommy's World and Big Mama.