Catherine Hubback Catherine Hubback Catherine Anne Hubback (1818 – 25 February 1877) was an English novelist, and the eighth child and fourth daughter of Sir Francis Austen (1774–1865), and niece of English novelist Jane Austen. She began writing fiction to support herself and her three sons after her husband John Hubback was institutionalized. She had copies of some of her aunt's unfinished works and, in 1850, remembering Austen's proposed plot, she wrote "The Younger Sister", a completion of Jane Austen's "The Watsons". In the next following thirteen years, she completed nine more novels. Catherine Hubback began writing fictional novels to support her
Anne of Windy Poplars on her mood. She worships Anne and Anne, in turn, loves and cares for Elizabeth. Anne tries to find ways to bring joy to Elizabeth's life. Aunt Chatty/Charlotte MacLean Aunt Kate/Kate McComber Katherine Brooks - The Vice Principal of Summerside High. She resents Anne because she believes that she should have been offered the job as Principal. Katherine is sarcastic and bitter, but a good teacher. As a child, she was orphaned and raised by her uncle. She feels the need to repay her uncle every cent he spent in raising her, so she lives a joyless and miserly life.