Catherine Webb
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy datesTemplate:Use British EnglishScript error: No such module "For". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main other Catherine Webb (born 1986) is a British author. Under the pseudonym Kate Griffin, she writes fantasy novels for adults.[1] As Claire North, she writes science fiction and novels based upon the work of Homer.[2]
Life
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She was 14 years old when she completed Mirror Dreams, which was written during her school holidays. Her father is author and publisher Nick Webb, and he suggested she should send the manuscript to an agent he knew, who eventually offered to represent her.[3] The book was published in 2002 by Atom Books,[4] and Webb was named Young Trailblazer of the Year by the magazine CosmoGirl UK. She has published eight young adult novels, all with Atom Books, and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which she graduated in 2010.[1]
A lifelong Londoner, Webb enjoys walking through the areas she describes in her books – Bethnal Green, Clerkenwell, and along the River Thames – comparing the city of London as it is now with how it was at various times in the past. She appeared in CosmoGirl in 2006/7 in an interview. She also appeared in online interviews with CBBC and nzgirl when she was 15,[5][6] and also with The Daily Telegraph, which described her as a teen queen.[3]
Bibliography
As Catherine Webb
- Mirror Dreams (2002)
- Mirror Wakes (2003)
- Waywalkers (2003)
- Timekeepers (2004)
- The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle (2006)
- The Obsidian Dagger: Being the Further Extraordinary Adventures of Horatio Lyle (2006)
- The Doomsday Machine: Another Astounding Adventure of Horatio Lyle (2008)
- The Dream Thief: An Extraordinary Horatio Lyle Mystery (2010)
As Kate Griffin
- A Madness of Angels (2009) (Matthew Swift series, book 1)
- The Midnight Mayor (2010) (Matthew Swift series, book 2)
- The Neon Court (2011) (Matthew Swift series, book 3)
- The Minority Council (2012) (Matthew Swift series, book 4)
- Stray Souls (2012) (Magicals Anonymous series, book 1)
- The Glass God (2013) (Magicals Anonymous series, book 2)
- (The Kitty Peck novels are by a different author also named Kate Griffin)
As Claire North
- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (2014)[7]
- Touch (2015)[8]
- The Gameshouse (2015)[9]
- The Sudden Appearance of Hope (2016)
- The End of the Day (2017)[10]
- 84K (2018)[11]
- The Pursuit of William Abbey (2019)[12]
- Notes from the Burning Age (2021)
- The Songs of Penelope trilogy
- Ithaca (2022)
- House of Odysseus (2023)
- The Last Song of Penelope (2024)
Awards and nominations
- 2005, Timekeepers nominated for the Carnegie Medal[13]
- 2006, The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle nominated for the Carnegie Medal[14]
- 2014, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (as Claire North) nominated for the BSFA Award for Best Novel
- 2015, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (as Claire North) nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award
- 2015, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (as Claire North) won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award
- 2017, The Sudden Appearance of Hope (as Claire North) won the World Fantasy Award—Novel[15]
References
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External links
- Template:Official website
- Catherine Webb at Little, Brown Book Group
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- Interview with "Kate Griffin"
- 'Young Adult' – an Interview with Catherine Webb Template:Webarchive
- The story behind The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August – Online Essay by Claire North
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- British children's writers
- 1986 births
- People educated at Godolphin and Latymer School
- Alumni of the London School of Economics
- Living people
- English fantasy writers
- English historical novelists
- British child writers
- Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- World Fantasy Award–winning writers
- British women novelists