Murrell, Kathleen Berton 1936-

(Kathleen Berton)

PERSONAL: Born September 10, 1936, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; married Geoffrey Murrell (a diplomat), November 26, 1962; children: Sarah, Timothy, Kate, Alice Murrell Castle. Ethnicity:“White.”Education: University of Manitoba, B.A., 1956; Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, B.A. (hons.), 1957; London School of Economics and Political Science, M.Sc., 1960.

ADDRESSES: Home—London, England.

CAREER: Diplomat with the Canadian Foreign Service, 1960-64; writer.

WRITINGS

(Under name Kathleen Berton) Moscow: An Architectural History, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1977.

(Under name Kathleen Berton; with John Freeman) Moscow Revealed, Abbeville Press (New York, NY), 1991.

(Under name Kathleen Berton) The British Embassy Residence, Moscow, British Foreign Office (London, England), 1991.

Moscow: History, Art, and Architecture, Troika, 1993.

St. Petersburg: History, Art, and Architecture, Troika, 1993.

Moscow Art Nouveau, Philip Wilson (London, England), 1997.

Russia (juvenile), Alfred Knopf (New York, NY), 1998.

Moscow: An Illustrated History, Hippocrene Books (New York, NY), 2003.

Discovering the Moscow Countryside: A Travel Guide to the Heart of Russia, I.B. Tauris (London, England), 2003.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES

PERIODICALS

Booklist, July, 1998, Kay Weisman, review of Russia, p. 1876.

Interior Design, July, 1998, Stanley Abercrombie, review of Moscow Art Nouveau, p. 100.

Library Journal, June 1, 2001, Melinda Stivers Leach, review of Discovering the Moscow Countryside: A Travel Guide to the Heart of Russia, p. 2000.