Catherine Webb

Catherine Webb (born 1986) is a British author. Under the pseudonym Kate Griffin, they write fantasy novels for adults. The book was published in 2002 by Atom Books, and Webb was named Young Trailblazer of the Year by the magazine CosmoGirl UK. They have published eight young adult novels, all with Atom Books, and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which they graduated in 2010.

They appeared in CosmoGirl in 2006/7 in an interview. They also appeared in online interviews with CBBC and nzgirl when they were 15, and also with The Daily Telegraph, which described them as a teen queen.

Works 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) Sweet Harmony (2020) (Novella) Notes from the Burning Age (2021) The Songs of Penelope trilogy Ithaca (2022) House of Odysseus (2023) The Last Song of Penelope (2024) Slow Gods (2025)

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) 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