Catherine Johnson

Catherine Johnson (born 1962 in London) is a British author and active since 1987. Her best-known work is the libretto for the musical Mamma Mia!; she also wrote the script of the musical comedy Mamma Mia! (2008) with Meryl Streep. She currently lives in London.

Works

Plays

• Rag Doll ( Bristol Old Vic Studio, winner of the BOV / HTV Playwriting Award) 1988
• Dead Sheep ( Bush) ( co-winner of the Thames TV Best Play Award) 1991
• Too Much Too Young ( Bristol Old Vic Studio and London Bubble ) 1992
• Where's Willy? ( Bristol Old Vic Studio) 1994
• Renegades ( Bristol Old Vic ) 1995
• Mamma Mia! ( Little Star ) 1999

• Through The Wire (Shell Connections, RNT ) 2005

TV series

• Love Hurts
• Band of Gold
• Byker Grove

TV Movies

• Rag Doll ( HTV )
• Just Like Eddie ( HTV )
• Where's Willy? ( HTV )
• Sin Bin ( BBC )
• Mamma Mia!

• Author
• Briton
• Born in 1962
• Woman