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Catherine Webb (born 1986) is a British author. Under the pseudonym Kate Griffin, she writes fantasy novels for adults. As Claire North, she writes science fiction and novels based upon the work of Homer. Life Webb was educated at the Godolphin and Latymer School, London, and the London School of Economics. 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. The book was published in 2002 by Atom Books, 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. 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, and also with The Daily Telegraph, which described her as a teen queen. 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) As Claire North The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (2014) Touch (2015) The Gameshouse (2015) The Sudden Appearance of Hope (2016) The End of the Day (2017) 84K (2018) The Pursuit of William Abbey (2019) 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 2006, The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle nominated for the Carnegie Medal 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) won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2015, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (as Claire North) nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2017, The Sudden Appearance of Hope (as Claire North) won the World Fantasy Award—Novel References External links Official website Catherine Webb at Little, Brown Book Group Catherine Webb at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Interview with "Kate Griffin" 'Young Adult' – an Interview with Catherine Webb Archived 7 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine The story behind The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August – Online Essay by Claire North. Discover the Claire North popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Claire North books.

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  • The Bullet Swallower synopsis, comments

    The Bullet Swallower

    Elizabeth Gonzalez James

    A Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Goodreads, CrimeReads, The Millions, StyleCaster, The EveryGirl, Sunset, Book Riot, and HipLatina January Recommended Reading by The Washington P...

  • The Hitopadesa synopsis, comments

    The Hitopadesa

    M Narayana

    Composed between 800 and 950 AD, Narayana's Hitopadesa is one of the bestknown of all works in Sanskrit literature. A fascinating collection of fables, maxims and sayings in verse,...

  • Castle In The Window synopsis, comments

    Castle In The Window

    Laura C Stevenson

    Staying for the summer with an unfamiliar aunt and uncle, Erin finds herself drawn into the magical world of a medieval castle, complete with knights and pages, a prince and a page...

  • Eden Abandoned synopsis, comments

    Eden Abandoned

    Shinie Antony

    'Women are born in survival mode. Their job, they are told, is to love. But what is this love they neither know nor see – this illiquid, noreturnoninvestment, invisible land they m...

  • No Angel synopsis, comments

    No Angel

    M. Malone

    Leather. Fetishes. SM. The words conjure up a multitude of feelings for erotic fiction writer Sally Avery, for Sally has a secret. Despite her explicitly written prose, she is rela...

  • American Ghost synopsis, comments

    American Ghost

    Paul Guernsey

    WINNER OF THE 2018 MAINE LITERARY AWARD FOR SPECULATIVE FICTIONAn inventive metafictional novel, in which a drugdealing biker must solve his own murder from beyond the grave.Thumb ...

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    Das Duell der Spielmeisterin

    Claire North

    Werde Zeuge eines Duells von epochalen Ausmaßen! New York, Gegenwart: Silver ist einer der besten Spieler der Welt. Nun will er es mit der Spielmeisterin aufnehmen, der Herrin des ...

  • Alpha Omega synopsis, comments

    Alpha Omega

    Nicholas Bowling

    Stranger Things meets Black Mirror and Ready Player One in this unsettling, nearfuture science fiction standalone. Something is rotten in the state of the NutriStart Skills Academ...

  • Der Pfad synopsis, comments

    Der Pfad

    Megan Miranda

    Ein gefährlicher Pfad in den Bergen. Sieben verschwundene Menschen. Ein Dorf, das sich in Schweigen hüllt.Ein abgeschiedenes Dorf im Schatten mächtiger Berggipfel: Seit zehn Jahren...

  • Die vielen Leben des Harry August synopsis, comments

    Die vielen Leben des Harry August

    Claire North & Eva Bauche-Eppers

    MANCHMAL IST EIN LEBEN NICHT GENUG, UM DIE WELT ZU RETTEN! Harry August stirbt. Mal wieder. Es ist das elfte Mal, dass Harrys Leben ein Ende findet. Und er weiß genau, wie es wei...

  • Burning Bright synopsis, comments

    Burning Bright

    Janine Ashbless

    Erotic paranormal romance Two lovers, brought together by a forbidden passion, are on the run from their pasts. Veraine was once a commander in the Imperial army: Myrna was the div...

  • Ghosted synopsis, comments

    Ghosted

    Jenn Ashworth

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE PORTICO PRIZE 2022 'Unnerving, absorbing . . . Laurie is a miraculous creation . . . Piercingly human and darkly funny' Sunday TimesOne ordinary morning, Laurie...

  • Neon synopsis, comments

    Neon

    G.S. Locke

    A detective desperate for revenge. A hitwoman with one last job. A killer with both on his list.Detective Matt Jackson's beloved wife, Polly, is the latest victim of a serial kille...

  • A Fractured Infinity synopsis, comments

    A Fractured Infinity

    Nathan Tavares

    A thrilling race across the multiverse to save the infinite Earths – and the love of your life – from total destruction for fans of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, The Tim...

  • Die Treibjagd von Siam synopsis, comments

    Die Treibjagd von Siam

    Claire North

    Werde Zeuge eines riskanten Spiels um Rache und Betrug! Bangkok 1938: Nach einer durchzechten Nacht wacht der legendäre Spieler Remy Birke auf und erinnert sich nur vage an das Ver...

  • Clytemnestre synopsis, comments

    Clytemnestre

    Costanza Casati

    Tu es née d’un roi,  mais tu as épousé un tyran.Tu assistes impuissante au sacrifice qu’il fait de ton enfant.Tu l’observes  déclencher une guerre sanglante.Tu joues ton ...

  • Touch synopsis, comments

    Touch

    Claire North & Isabelle Troin

    « Je suis Kepler. Je pourrais être vous. »Alors que la vie s'échappait de mon corps, j'ai tendu la main vers mon assassin. Et tout à coup, je voyais le monde à travers ses yeux, mo...

  • The Choice synopsis, comments

    The Choice

    Claire Wade

    'Electrifying' Christina Dalcher, Sunday Times Bestselling author of VOX'A cleverly woven tale' The TimesWINNER OF THE EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2020Imagine a world where...

  • Change Of Heart synopsis, comments

    Change Of Heart

    Barbara Anderson

    Oliver Gurth Perkins is seventyfive, and the darkest cloud on his horizon is that the local bookshop no longer stocks paperbacks of the Times cryptic crosswords. He has an easy com...

  • The House on the Lake synopsis, comments

    The House on the Lake

    Nuala Ellwood

    No matter how far you run . . .He's never far behind'Gripping, poignant' Rosamund Lupton'Eerily haunting' Jane Corry'I literally couldn't put it down' Emma CurtisLisa needs to disa...

  • My Childhood synopsis, comments

    My Childhood

    Maxim Gorky

    Coloured by poverty and horrifying brutality, Gorky's childhood equipped him to understand in a way denied to a Tolstoy or a Turgenev the life of the ordinary Russian. After his ...

  • Dark Lullaby synopsis, comments

    Dark Lullaby

    Polly Ho-Yen

    For fans of Black Mirror and The Handmaid’s Tale, a mother desperately tries to keep her family together in a society where parenting standards are strictly monitored. "With f...

  • On The Third Day synopsis, comments

    On The Third Day

    Rhys Thomas

    Society is on the brink of collapse. The Old World is vanishing, the New World is taking over. There are no rules. Not now that a deadly disease is spreading that causes its victim...

  • Northanger Abbey synopsis, comments

    Northanger Abbey

    Jane Austen

    'Jane Austen is a genius, and Northanger Abbey is hugely underrated' Martin AmisWith its irrepressible heroine and playful literary games, Northanger Abbey is the most youthful and...

  • The Language of Dying synopsis, comments

    The Language of Dying

    Sarah Pinborough

    From the Number One bestselling author of BEHIND HER EYES comes a beautiful, harrowing, heartbreaking story, filled with exquisite truths.'A beautiful story, honestly told' Neil G...

  • A Brief History of the Future synopsis, comments

    A Brief History of the Future

    Stephen Clarke

    What if teleportation was really possible? Englishman Richie Fisher is about to find out ... Richie and his wife Clara have won a weekend in New York in a newspaper competition. Wh...

  • Office Perks synopsis, comments

    Office Perks

    Monica Belle

    This is the story of Lucy Doyle, a redhaired and hottempered London Irish girl with her eyes on the prize and young men's trousers. Her family have got her a job in a Parochial...

  • 84K synopsis, comments

    84K

    Claire North & Annaïg HOUESNARD

    Théo Miller connaît la valeur de la vie humaine jusqu'au dernier centime.Au Bureau d'audit des crimes, son rôle consiste à évaluer chaque dossier qui lui est confié et à s'assurer...

  • Die Intrige von Venedig synopsis, comments

    Die Intrige von Venedig

    Claire North

    Werde Zeuge eines unglaublichen Spiels um Macht und Einfluss! Venedig in der Renaissance: Die junge Thene führt eine unglückliche, arrangierte Ehe. Doch im Spielhaus erweist sie si...

  • La Soudaine apparition de Hope Arden synopsis, comments

    La Soudaine apparition de Hope Arden

    Claire North & Isabelle Troin

    Par l'auteure des Quinze premières vies de Harry AugustMon nom est Hope Arden. Je suis la fille que tout le monde oublie. Tout a commencé quand j'avais seize ans. Mon père qui omet...

  • Everything About You synopsis, comments

    Everything About You

    Heather Child

    'Black Mirror meets Gone Girl' Rosamund Lupton, Richard and Judy and Sunday Times bestseller'Amazing, creepy, twisty and clever' Karen Dionne, author of The MarshKing's DaughterThi...

  • A Cautious Approach synopsis, comments

    A Cautious Approach

    Stanley Middleton

    Shortly before his death last year, Stanley Middleton completed this, his last novel, which concludes a unique depiction of middleclass life in 'Middle England', quietly and cumula...

  • The Perfect Life synopsis, comments

    The Perfect Life

    Nuala Ellwood

    HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO BE SOMEONE ELSE?Vanessa has always found it easy to pretend to be somebody different, somebody better. When things get tough in her real life, all she has t...

  • Educating Jack synopsis, comments

    Educating Jack

    Jack Sheffield

    As the 1982 school year begins, Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley village school for his sixth year as headteacher. Nora Pratt celebrates twentyfive years in her coffee shop, Ronnie...