The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North

The Pursuit of William Abbey by Claire North

Catherine Webb, a Carnegie Medal-nominated author whose first book was written when she was fourteen years old, goes by the pen name Claire North. She went on to create numerous further novels in other genres before releasing The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, her first major effort as Claire North, in 2014. It was a critical and commercial triumph, earning plaudits and an Audie nomination, as well as a spot on the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year list. Touch, her following book, was again included in the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year list in 2015. Catherine is a theatre lighting designer who enjoys big cities, urban magic, Thai cuisine, and graffiti detecting. She is based in London.