キャサリン・ランデル（Katherine Rundell、1987–）は、イギリスの小説家、文学研究者。オックスフォード大学オール・ソウルズ・カレッジのフェローを務め、ルネサンス文学、とりわけジョン・ダンを専門に研究している。児童文学からノンフィクションまで幅広く執筆し、豊かな想像力と自然への深いまなざしを生かした作品で国際的な評価を受けている。代表作 "Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise" では、児童文学が子どもだけでなく大人の想像力や知性を豊かにする力を持つことを情熱的に語り、読書の喜びと文学の価値をあらためて問いかけている。
Katherine Rundell (1987–) is a British novelist and literary scholar. A Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford, she specializes in Renaissance literature, particularly the works of John Donne. She has written acclaimed fiction for children and adults as well as nonfiction, earning widespread recognition for her imaginative storytelling and her celebration of the natural world. Her best-known nonfiction book, "Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise", is a passionate defense of reading, arguing that children's literature continues to enrich the imagination, intellect, and emotional lives of readers of every age.
