Catherine Webb

This article is about the British author Catherine Webb (* 1986). For the British author (* 1977) see Katherine Webb .

Catherine Louise Webb (* 1986 ) is a British author.

life and career

At the age of fourteen she published her first book, which was published in 2002. Webb studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. In public she is usually compared to writers like Philip Pullman .

In Webb's story about the scientist Horatio Lyle in Victorian London, she creates a crazy, funny and dangerous world around Horatio Lyle for the reader. So far, he and his friends have been fighting against an evil and supernatural power in three books.

In 2017 she received the World Fantasy Award for The Sudden Appearance of Hope for best novel. In 2018 she was honored with the Special Mention of the Philip K. Dick Awards 2018 for 84K .

Works

As Catherine Webb, "Young Adult" novels

Mirror Dreams / Mirror Wakes

• 2002: Mirror Dreams - German Der Zauberer der Nacht , Bastei-Lübbe 2004, ISBN 978-3-442-24270-2
• 2003: Mirror Wakes - German The Demons of the Night , Bastei-Lübbe 2004, ISBN 978-3-442-24276-4

The Lucifer Chronicles

• 2003: Waywalkers - German Lucifer. Carrier of light , Bastei-Lübbe 2007, ISBN 3-404-20564-2
• 2004: Timekeepers - German Satan. Savior of the World , Bastei-Lübbe 2008, ISBN 3-404-20574-X
  • Anthology The Lucifer Chronicles, two novels in one volume , Bastei-Lübbe 2011, ISBN 978-3-404-20628-5

Horatio Lyle

• 2006: The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle
• 2006: The Obsidian Dagger: Being the Further Extraordinary Adventures of Horatio Lyle
• 2008: The Doomsday Machine: Another Astounding Adventure of Horatio Lyle
• 2010: The Dream Thief: An Extraordinary Horatio Lyle Mystery

As Kate Griffin, adult literature

Matthew Swift Series

• 2009 A Madness of Angels
• 2010 The Midnight Mayor
• 2011 The Neon Court
• 2012 The Minority Council

Magicals Anonymous in the same world

• 2012 Stray Souls
• 2013 The Glass God

As Claire North, Fantastic

Single novels

• 2014 The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - German The many lives of Harry August , Lübbe 2015, ISBN 978-3-431-03930-6
• 2015 Touch - German Touch - Your life is mine, Lübbe 2016, ISBN 978-3-7857-2576-4
• 2015 The Gameshouse Trilogy (novel cycle ) - German Das Spielhaus, Lübbe 2016
  • The Serpent - German The Intrigue of Venice, ISBN 978-3-7325-3361-9
  • The Thief , German The battue of Siam, ISBN 978-3-7325-3362-6
  • The Master , German The game master's duel, ISBN 978-3-7325-3363-3
• 2016 The Sudden Appearance of Hope , ISBN 978-0-35650455-1 , German The day on which Hope disappeared, Lübbe 2017, ISBN 978-3-7325-4943-6
• 2017 The End of the Day , ISBN 978-0-31631674-3
• 2018 84K , ISBN 978-0-31631678-1
• 2019 The Pursuit of William Abbey , ISBN 978-0-35650741-5

Web links

• Literature by and about Catherine Webb in the catalog of the German National Library
• http://www.luebbe.de/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2019 Philip K. Dick Award Winner Announced. Philip K. Dick Award website, accessed May 1, 2019 .