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Catherine Webb (born 1986) is a British author, 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Catherine Webb - Children's Author )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Telegraph Family book club: Exploits of a Teen Queen )〕 The book was published in 2002 by Atom Books, part of Time Warner (now Hachette Book Group), and Webb was named Young Trailblazer of the Year by the magazine ''CosmoGirl'' UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Catherine Webb - Children's Author )〕 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.〔(Kate Griffin: Urban Magic )〕 Webb prides herself on the scientific and historical accuracy of her Horatio Lyle books.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Extraordinary And Unusual Adventures Of Horatio Lyle )〕 A lifelong Londoner, she 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 to how it was at various times in the past.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Extraordinary And Unusual Adventures Of Horatio Lyle )〕 She appeared in ''CosmoGirl'' in 2006/7 in an interview and inspired many young writers to try to get their works published.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Extraordinary And Unusual Adventures Of Horatio Lyle )〕 She also appeared in online interviews with CBBC and nzgirl when she was 15,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Teen author: 'I'm not the next JK' )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Know / Mirror Dreams by Catherine Webb )〕 and also with the ''Telegraph'', which described her as a teen queen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Telegraph Family book club: Exploits of a Teen Queen )〕 Catherine Webb also writes fantasy novels for adults under the name Kate Griffin.〔 As Claire North, she has written two science-fiction novels.〔http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7210024.Claire_North〕 ==Bibliography== * ''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) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catherine Webb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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