About the author
Claire North is a pen name of Catherine Webb, who also writes as Kate Griffin. North's novels often begin with one altered condition—repeated lives, perfect forgetting, shared bodies, invisible economic control—and follow its political and emotional consequences.
The Songs of Penelope trilogy turns from speculative premises to mythic history. Ithaca, House of Odysseus, and The Last Song of Penelope give Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena distinct narrative voices while Penelope and the women of Ithaca build power beneath the notice of kings.
Where to start
Start with Ithaca and read the Songs of Penelope trilogy in order. For standalone speculative fiction, begin with The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August.
