Catherine North is a writer, photographer and member of South Manchester Camera Club. Her first non-fiction book, Through a Lens Brightly, explores the impact of photography as a hobby on our mental health. She is also the author of a novel, The Beauty of Broken Things, which tells the story of two people with mental health difficulties who fall in love. In her day job she manages a charitable project to improve mental health in schools through introducing young people to the concepts of Positive Psychology.