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{{Short description|British writer}}
{{Short description|British writer (born 1986)}}
{{For|persons of a similar name|Katharine Webb (disambiguation){{!}}Katharine Webb}}
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{{Infobox writer
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| name = Catherine Webb
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| pseudonym = Kate Griffin<br>Claire North
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|4|27|df=y}}
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| name = Catherine Webb
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| birth_place = United Kingdom
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| pseudonym = Kate Griffin<br>Claire North
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| occupation = [[Novelist]]
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| genre = [[Fantasy]], [[adventure]], [[science fiction]]
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| notableworks = {{Plain list|
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|04|27|df=y}}
* ''[[The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August]]''
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* ''Timekeepers''
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| occupation = [[Novelist]]
* ''The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle''
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| genre = [[Fantasy]], [[adventure]], [[science fiction]]
| notableworks = ''Timekeepers''; ''The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle''; ''A Madness of Angels''
* ''A Madness of Angels''
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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. 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.<ref name="Telegraph.co.uk">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/03/04/bfamclub04.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616060415/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/03/04/bfamclub04.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2008 |title=Telegraph Family book club: Exploits of a Teen Queen|publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |accessdate=17 December 2014}}</ref> 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. She has published eight young adult novels, all with [http://www.atombooks.co.uk Atom Books], and studied at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], from which she graduated in 2010.<ref name="Kate">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kategriffin.net/about/ |title=Kate Griffin: Urban Magic |access-date=19 March 2009 |archive-date=16 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216005832/http://www.kategriffin.net/about/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| citizenship = UK
| alma_mater = [[London School of Economics]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[RADA|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] ([[Graduate diploma|GrDip]])
| image = Claire North PORTRAIT.jpg
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'''Catherine Webb''' (born 1986) is a British author. Under the [[pseudonym]] '''Kate Griffin''', she writes [[fantasy]] novels for adults.<ref name="Kate" /> As '''Claire North''', she writes [[science fiction]] and novels based upon the work of [[Homer]].<ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7210024.Claire_North Goodreads]</ref>

==Life==
Webb was educated at the [[Godolphin and Latymer School]], [[London]], and the [[London School of Economics]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}


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She was 14 years old when she completed ''Mirror Dreams'', which was written during her school holidays. 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.<ref name="Telegraph.co.uk">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/03/04/bfamclub04.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616060415/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/03/04/bfamclub04.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 June 2008 |title=Telegraph Family book club: Exploits of a Teen Queen |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London |access-date=17 December 2014}}</ref> The book was published in 2002 by Atom Books,<ref>[http://www.atombooks.co.uk Atom Books]</ref> and Webb was named Young Trailblazer of the Year by the magazine ''[[CosmoGirl]]'' UK. She has published eight [[Young adult literature|young adult novels]], all with [[Little, Brown Book Group|Atom Books]], and studied at the [[RADA|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], from which she graduated in 2010.<ref name="Kate">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kategriffin.net/about/ |title=Kate Griffin: Urban Magic |access-date=19 March 2009 |archive-date=16 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216005832/http://www.kategriffin.net/about/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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A lifelong Londoner, Webb 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 with how it was at various times in the past. She appeared in ''CosmoGirl'' in 2006/7 in an interview. She also appeared in online interviews with [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] and nzgirl when she was 15,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/uk/newsid_2098000/2098054.stm |title=Teen author: 'I'm not the next JK' |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk |accessdate=17 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzgirl.co.nz/know/1248/|title=Know / Mirror Dreams by Catherine Webb|publisher=nzgirl.co.nz |accessdate=17 December 2014}}</ref> and also with the ''[[The Daily Telegraph|Telegraph]]'', which described her as a teen queen.<ref name="Telegraph.co.uk"/>


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A lifelong Londoner, Webb 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 with how it was at various times in the past. She appeared in ''CosmoGirl'' in 2006/7 in an interview. She also appeared in online interviews with [[CBBC]] and nzgirl when she was 15,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/uk/newsid_2098000/2098054.stm |title=Teen author: 'I'm not the next JK' |date=5 July 2002 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=17 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzgirl.co.nz/know/1248/|title=Know / Mirror Dreams by Catherine Webb|publisher=nzgirl.co.nz |access-date=17 December 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141217185758/http://www.nzgirl.co.nz/know/1248/ |archive-date=17 December 2014}}</ref> and also with ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', which described her as a teen queen.<ref name="Telegraph.co.uk"/>
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Catherine Webb also writes fantasy novels for adults under the name Kate Griffin,<ref name="Kate" /> and she writes science-fiction as Claire North.<ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7210024.Claire_North Goodreads]</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
===As Catherine Webb===
* ''Mirror Dreams'' (2002)
* ''Mirror Dreams'' (2002)
* ''Mirror Wakes'' (2003)
* ''Mirror Wakes'' (2003)
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* ''The Dream Thief: An Extraordinary Horatio Lyle Mystery'' (2010)
* ''The Dream Thief: An Extraordinary Horatio Lyle Mystery'' (2010)


'''As Kate Griffin'''
===As Kate Griffin===
* ''A Madness of Angels'' (2009) (Matthew Swift series, book 1)
* ''A Madness of Angels'' (2009) (Matthew Swift series, book 1)
* ''The Midnight Mayor'' (2010) (Matthew Swift series, book 2)
* ''The Midnight Mayor'' (2010) (Matthew Swift series, book 2)
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* ''The Glass God'' (2013) (Magicals Anonymous series, book 2)
* ''The Glass God'' (2013) (Magicals Anonymous series, book 2)


'''As Claire North'''
===As Claire North===
* ''[[The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August]]'' (2014)<ref>{{Citation
* ''[[The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August]]'' (2014)<ref>{{Citation
| title = The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
| title = The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
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| url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31408829-the-end-of-the-day
| url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31408829-the-end-of-the-day
| accessdate = 2017-04-04 }}</ref>
| accessdate = 2017-04-04 }}</ref>
* ''84K'' (May 22, 2018)<ref>{{Citation
* ''84K'' (2018)<ref>{{Citation
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| title=84K
| date=27 June 2017
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| url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/claire-north/84k/9780316316781/
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| accessdate = 2018-03-25}}</ref>
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| url=https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/claire-north/84k/9780316316781/
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| accessdate = 2018-03-25
| last1=North
| first1=Claire
| publisher=Orbit
}}</ref>
* ''The Pursuit of William Abbey'' (2019)<ref>{{Citation
* ''The Pursuit of William Abbey'' (2019)<ref>{{Citation
| title = The Pursuit of William Abbey
| title = The Pursuit of William Abbey
| date=11 May 2019
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| url=https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/claire-north/the-pursuit-of-william-abbey/9780356507439/
| isbn=9780356507439
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| accessdate = 2019-12-01}}</ref>
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| url=https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/claire-north/the-pursuit-of-william-abbey/9780356507439/
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| accessdate = 2019-12-01
| last1=North
| first1=Claire
| publisher=Little, Brown Book
}}</ref>
* ''Notes from the Burning Age'' (2021)
* ''Notes from the Burning Age'' (2021)
* ''The Songs of Penelope'' trilogy
** ''Ithaca'' (2022)
** ''House of Odysseus'' (2023)
** ''The Last Song of Penelope'' (2024)


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
* 2005, ''Timekeepers'' nominated for the [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]]<ref>[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_nom_0405.html Carnegie Press Desk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042229/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_nom_0405.html |date=28 September 2007 }} : 4 March 2005</ref>
* 2005, ''Timekeepers'' nominated for the [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]]<ref>[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_nom_0405.html Carnegie Press Desk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042229/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_nom_0405.html |date=28 September 2007 }} : 4 March 2005</ref>
* 2006, ''The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle'' nominated for the Carnegie Medal<ref>[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_nom_07.html Carnegie Press Desk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207152353/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_nom_07.html |date=7 February 2012 }} : 20 November 2006</ref>
* 2006, ''The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle'' nominated for the [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]]<ref>[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_nom_07.html Carnegie Press Desk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207152353/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_car_nom_07.html |date=7 February 2012 }} : 20 November 2006</ref>
* 2014, ''The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August'' (as Claire North) nominated for the [[BSFA]] Award for Best Novel
* 2014, ''The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August'' (as Claire North) nominated for the [[BSFA Award for Best Novel]]
* 2015, ''The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August'' (as Claire North) won the John Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year
* 2015, ''The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August'' (as Claire North) won the [[John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel|John W. Campbell Memorial Award]]
* 2015, ''The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August'' (as Claire North) nominated for the [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]] for Best Science Fiction Novel
* 2015, ''The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August'' (as Claire North) nominated for the [[Arthur C. Clarke Award]]
* 2017, ''The Sudden Appearance of Hope'' (as Claire North) won the [[World Fantasy Award—Novel|World Fantasy Award]] for novel<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2017/11/05/announcing-the-2017-world-fantasy-award-winners/#more-311542 |title=Announcing the 2017 World Fantasy Award Winners |publisher=Tor.com|date=November 5, 2017 }}</ref>
* 2017, ''The Sudden Appearance of Hope'' (as Claire North) won the [[World Fantasy Award—Novel]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2017/11/05/announcing-the-2017-world-fantasy-award-winners/#more-311542 |title=Announcing the 2017 World Fantasy Award Winners |publisher=Tor.com|date=5 November 2017 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/?s=catherine+webb Catherine Webb at Little, Brown Book Group]
* {{Official website|http://www.kategriffin.net/}}
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* [https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/?s=catherine+webb Catherine Webb] at [[Little, Brown Book Group]]
* {{isfdb name|id=Catherine_Webb|name=Catherine Webb}}
* {{isfdb name|id=Catherine_Webb|name=Catherine Webb}}
* [https://archive.today/20130124203404/http://www.graemesfantasybookreview.com/2009/02/author-interview-kate-griffin_27.html Interview with "Kate Griffin"]
* [https://archive.today/20130124203404/http://www.graemesfantasybookreview.com/2009/02/author-interview-kate-griffin_27.html Interview with "Kate Griffin"]
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* [http://richiebrown.co.uk/an-interview-with-catherine-webb.html 'Young Adult' – an Interview with Catherine Webb] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007162603/http://richiebrown.co.uk/an-interview-with-catherine-webb.html |date=7 October 2015 }}
* [http://www.kategriffin.net/ Kate Griffin's official Web site and blog]
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* [http://upcoming4.me/item/11267-the-story-behind-the-first-fifteen-lives-of-harry-august-by-claire-north The story behind The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August – Online Essay by Claire North]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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* [http://richiebrown.co.uk/an-interview-with-catherine-webb.html 'Young Adult' - an Interview with Catherine Webb]
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* [http://upcoming4.me/item/11267-the-story-behind-the-first-fifteen-lives-of-harry-august-by-claire-north The story behind The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Online Essay by Claire North]

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For persons of a similar name, see Katharine Webb.
Catherine Webb
Born (1986-04-27) 27 April 1986 (age 38)
United Kingdom
Pen nameKate Griffin
Claire North
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipUK
EducationGodolphin and Latymer School
Alma materLondon School of Economics (BS)
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (GrDip)
GenreFantasy, adventure, science fiction
Notable works

Catherine Webb (born 1986) is a British author. Under the pseudonym Kate Griffin, she writes fantasy novels for adults.[1] As Claire North, she writes science fiction and novels based upon the work of Homer.[2]

Life

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Webb was educated at the Godolphin and Latymer School, London, and the London School of Economics.[citation needed]

She was 14 years old when she completed Mirror Dreams, which was written during her school holidays. 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.[3] The book was published in 2002 by Atom Books,[4] and Webb was named Young Trailblazer of the Year by the magazine CosmoGirl UK. 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.[1]

A lifelong Londoner, Webb 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 with how it was at various times in the past. She appeared in CosmoGirl in 2006/7 in an interview. She also appeared in online interviews with CBBC and nzgirl when she was 15,[5][6] and also with The Daily Telegraph, which described her as a teen queen.[3]

Bibliography

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As Catherine Webb

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (2014)[7]
  • Touch (2015)[8]
  • The Gameshouse (2015)[9]
  • The Sudden Appearance of Hope (2016)
  • The End of the Day (2017)[10]
  • 84K (2018)[11]
  • The Pursuit of William Abbey (2019)[12]
  • Notes from the Burning Age (2021)
  • The Songs of Penelope trilogy
    • Ithaca (2022)
    • House of Odysseus (2023)
    • The Last Song of Penelope (2024)

Awards and nominations

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Kate Griffin: Urban Magic". Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  2. ^ Goodreads
  3. ^ a b "Telegraph Family book club: Exploits of a Teen Queen". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 16 June 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. ^ Atom Books
  5. ^ "Teen author: 'I'm not the next JK'". BBC News. 5 July 2002. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Know / Mirror Dreams by Catherine Webb". nzgirl.co.nz. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  7. ^ The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, retrieved 11 May 2014
  8. ^ Touch, retrieved 5 February 2015
  9. ^ The Gameshouse Trilogy (The Serpent, The Thief, The Master), retrieved 11 December 2015
  10. ^ The End of the Day, retrieved 4 April 2017
  11. ^ North, Claire (27 June 2017), 84K, Orbit, ISBN 9780316316781, retrieved 25 March 2018
  12. ^ North, Claire (11 May 2019), The Pursuit of William Abbey, Little, Brown Book, ISBN 9780356507439, retrieved 1 December 2019
  13. ^ Carnegie Press Desk Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine : 4 March 2005
  14. ^ Carnegie Press Desk Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine : 20 November 2006
  15. ^ "Announcing the 2017 World Fantasy Award Winners". Tor.com. 5 November 2017.
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