Line #6 Creator/CatherineWebb


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3	Catherine Webb (born 27 April 1986) is a British author, born and raised in London. She completed her first novel, ''Mirror Dreams'', at the age of 14 years old, and it was published two years later. Her works so far consist of:
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5	'''As Catherine Webb:'''
6	* The Literature/MirrorDreams duology:
7	** ''Mirror Dreams'' (2002)
8	** ''Mirror Wakes'' (2003)
9	* The Literature/{{Waywalkers}} duology
10	** ''Waywalkers'' (2003)
11	** ''Timekeepers'' (2004)
12	* The ''Literature/HoratioLyle'' cycle:
13	** ''The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle'' (2006)
14	** ''The Obsidian Dagger, Being the Further Extraordinary Adventures of Horatio Lyle'' (2006)
15	** ''The Doomsday Machine: Another Extraordinary Adventure of Horatio Lyle'' (2008)
16	** ''The Dream Thief: An Extraordinary Horatio Lyle Mystery'' (2010)
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18	'''As Kate Griffin:'''
19	* The Literature/MatthewSwift series:
20	** ''A Madness of Angels'' (2009)
21	** ''The Midnight Mayor'' (2010)
22	** ''The Neon Court'' (2011)
23	** ''The Minority Council'' (2012)
24	* The related Literature/MagicalsAnonymous books, which take place in the same continuity:
25	** ''Stray Souls'' (2012)
26	** ''The Glass God'' (2013)
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28	'''As Claire North:'''
29	* ''Literature/TheFirstFifteenLivesOfHarryAugust'' (2014)
30	* ''[[Literature/Touch2015 Touch (2015)]]''
31	* ''Literature/TheGameshouse'' novellas (2015) (digital and audio only)
32	** ''The Serpent''
33	** ''The Thief''
34	** ''The Master''
35	* ''Literature/TheSuddenAppearanceOfHope'' (2016)
36	* ''Literature/TheEndOfTheDay'' (2017)
37	* ''Literature/EightyFourK'' (2018)
38	* ''Literature/ThePursuitOfWilliamAbbey'' (2019)
39	* ''Literature/SweetHarmony'' (2020) (digital and audio only)
40	* ''Literature/NotesFromTheBurningAge'' (2022)
41	* ''Literature/{{Ithaca}}'' (2023)
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43	!!Tropes relating to Catherine Webb:
44	* PenName: Has two, 'Kate Griffin' and 'Claire North'.
45	* SameFaceDifferentName: Webb uses different names to work on different types of fiction. 'Kate Griffin' focuses on UrbanFantasy, while 'Claire North' tends to write about people with unusual abilities.
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48	!!Tropes common in her work:
49	* DeathActivatedSuperpower: Some of Claire North's protagonists only discover their abilities after dying:
50	** Harry August's entire ability is that he lives his life over again every time he dies.
51	** Kepler in ''Touch'' was stabbed and, grasping at her murderer for any human contact, accidentally jumped into his body, leaving her original body to die. Doubles as a TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening.
52	* UsefulNotes/{{London}}: London plays a huge role in a number of her novels, especially the Literature/MatthewSwift series.
53	* UrbanFantasy: The Literature/MatthewSwift and Literature/MagicalsAnonymous books are built around this genre, and play with the rules of the city as the rules of magic e.g. a magical entity is unable to even jump over an [[UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground Underground]] barrier because it doesn't have a ticket.

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