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Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, a Carnegie Medal-nominated author whose debut novel was written when she was just fourteen years old. Her first book published under the Claire North pen name was The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, which became a word-of-mouth bestseller and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award. The follow-up Touch received widespread critical acclaim and was described by the Independent as 'little short of a masterpiece'. Her next novel The Sudden Appearance of Hope won the 2017 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and her recent book The End of the Day was shortlisted for the 2017 Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award. Claire lives in London.
The quality of the writing and the dazzlingly imaginative heart of this exciting book will . . . keep readers absolutely hooked to the dramatic conclusion * SUNDAY MIRROR on TOUCH * I am left staggered into an awed slow-clap at everything North has accomplished here . . . touching, horrifying, magnificent * NPR on TOUCH * Reaffirms the passion and ambition that have made North such a consistently intriguing writer * LOCUS on THE END OF THE DAY * Wholly original and hauntingly beautiful. North is a writer to watch * KIRKUS on THE END OF THE DAY * Terrific, smart and entertaining * Patrick Ness * Extraordinary . . . wildly impressive * Lucy Hughes-Hallett, BBC Radio 4 on THE END OF THE DAY * Utterly readable, utterly believable and compelling . . . one of the fiction highlights of the decade * Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book Club on THE FIRST FIFTEEN LIVES OF HARRY AUGUST * Well-paced, brilliant and balanced * NEW YORK TIMES on THE SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF HOPE * Poignant and intensely gripping * GUARDIAN on TOUCH * Claire North is a true original, a master of ingenious plotting and feats of imagination * Alex Marwood, author of THE WICKED GIRLS * Little short of a masterpiece * INDEPENDENT on TOUCH * North's talent shines out * SUNDAY TIMES *
