Catherine Webb

Infobox Writer


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name = Catherine Webb
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birthdate = 1986
birthplace = England
occupation = Novelist
genre = Fantasy, Adventure
notableworks = "Timekeepers"; "The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle"
influences = Terry Pratchett; J. R. R. Tolkien

Catherine Webb (born 1986) is a British author, educated at the Godolphin and Latymer School, London, and the London School of Economics.

Catherine Webb was just fourteen years old when she completed "Mirror Dreams", written during her school summer holidays. She sent her book to a publisher who thoroughly enjoyed reading it. The book was published in 2002, and Webb was named "Young Trailblazer of the Year" by the magazine CosmoGirl UK. Since then, she has gone on to write more books and has been favourably compared with Terry Pratchett (one of her literary heroes) and Philip Pullman. She has now published seven novels, all with [http://www.atombooks.co.uk Atom Books,] and is a third-year history student at the London School of Economics.

Webb prides herself on the scientific and historical accuracy of her Horatio Lyle books, which have been acclaimed by reviewers and readers. 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. She appeared in CosmoGirl in 2006/7 in an interview and inspired many young writers to try and get their works published. She also appeared in online interviews with CBBC and nzgirl when she was 15 and also with the Telegraph, described as a "Teen Queen". [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/03/04/bfamclub04.xml Telegraph Family book club: Exploits of a teen queen] : 4th March 2006]

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)

Awards and Nominations

* 2005, "Timekeepers" nominated for the Carnegie Medal [ [http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_nom_0405.html Carnegie Press Desk] : 4th March 2005]
* 2006, "The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle" nominated for the Carnegie Medal [ [http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_nom_07.html Carnegie Press Desk] : 20th November 2006]

References

External links

* [http://www.littlebrown.co.uk/Authors/W/641 Catherine Webb at Little, Brown Book Group]