Helen Sedgwick is an author of literary fiction, science fiction and crime, a literary editor, and a research physicist.[1]
Life
Sedgwick was born in London and studied physics at the University of Bristol.[2] She gained a PhD in physics from the University of Edinburgh[3] and an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow.[4]
After leaving physics research to become a freelance writer,[5] Sedgwick worked as the joint managing director of Cargo Publishing from 2014 to 2015,[6] Sedgwick was also the managing editor of Gutter magazine and worked as a creative writing tutor.[7]
She released her first novel in 2016, The Comet Seekers.[8][9][10] This was followed by her second novel, The Growing Season,[11] which was shortlisted for Fiction Book of the Year in Scotland's National Book Awards 2018.[12] Sedgwick's first crime novel was When The Dead Come Calling,[13] the opening book in the Burrowhead Mysteries crime trilogy.[14] She cites her scientific background as a big influence on her writing.[15]
Sedgwick is a member of The Society of Authors[16] and the Crime Writers' Association.[17] She lives in Tain, in Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands[18] with her partner and their daughter.[19]
Awards
- 2012 Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award.[20]
- 2016 Glamour Book of the Year: The Comet Seekers.[21]
- 2016 Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month: The Comet Seekers.
- 2018 Scotland's National Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year shortlist: The Growing Season.[22]
- 2021 Dr Gavin Wallace Fellowship.[23]
Bibliography
Novels
- The Comet Seekers (2016)
- The Growing Season (2017)
- When the Dead Come Calling (2020)
- Where the Missing Gather (2021)
- What Doesn't Break Us (2022)
Short stories
Source:[24]
- The Archaeologist of Akrotiri, New Writing Scotland 35 (2017)
- The Largest Circle, 404 INK Issue 1 (2016)
- Quantum Gravity Or: The Pigmy Marmoset and the Prefabricated Concrete Bungalow, I Am Because You Are (2015)
- Duality, Out there (2014)
- Precognitive Abilities, Songs of Other Places, New Writing Scotland 32 (2014)
References
- ^ Author Interviews, Helen Sedgwick, authorinterviews.co.uk (2019)
- ^ Scotsman, Helen Sedgwick discusses her first novel, www.scotsman.com, Aug 16 (2016)
- ^ Edinburgh International Book Festival Author biography, www.edbookfest.co.uk (2016)
- ^ Glasgow University Alumni, www.gla.ac.uk
- ^ BBC, Helen Sedgwick biography, www.bbc.co.uk, Feb 24 (2013)
- ^ The Bookseller, Tasker and Sedgwick become Cargo joint MDs, www.thebookseller.com, March 12 (2014)
- ^ Scottish Book trust Helen Sedgwick on the Live Literature Database, www.scottishbooktrust.com
- ^ The New York Times Book Review, The Comet Seekers: A ghost story leaps through time and space, www.nytimes.com, Dec 2 (2016)
- ^ The Herald, Face to Face: Author Helen Sedgwick on her first novel The Comet Seekers and the consoling scale of the universe, www.heraldscotland.com, Sept 12 (2016)
- ^ The Irish Times, The Comet Seekers Review: The Patterns In The Stars, www.irishtimes.com, Aug 29 (2016)
- ^ The Guardian, The Growing Season Review, www.theguardian.com, Sept 29 (2017)
- ^ Scottish Review of Books, Saltire Literary Awards Shortlist Announced, www.scottishreviewofbooks.org Oct 23 (2018)
- ^ The Scotsman, Book Review: When The Dead Come Calling, www.scotsman.com, Feb 4 (2020)
- ^ The Bookseller, Sedgwick's Atmospheric Crime Trilogy to Point Blank, www.thebookseller.com March 1 (2018)
- ^ BBC Radio 4, Helen Sedgwick on Woman's Hour, www.bbc.co.uk (2016)
- ^ The Society of Authors Helen Sedgwick, www.societyofauthors.org
- ^ The Crime Writers Association Helen Sedgwick, thecwa.co.uk
- ^ Ross-shire Journal, Seven Days Guide, www.whatson-north.co.uk, Jan 3 (2020)
- ^ Crime Review Countdown with Helen Sedgwick, www.crimereview.co.uk (2020)
- ^ Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardees, www.scottishbooktrust.com (2012)
- ^ Glamour, The 10 Best Novels of 2016, www.glamourmagazine.co.uk Dec 2 (2016)
- ^ Saltire Society 2018 shortlist, www.saltiresociety.org.uk (2018)
- ^ Creative Scotland Helen Sedgwick appointed 2021 Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow, www.creativescotland.com (2021)
- ^ Helen Sedgwick, Publications, www.helensedgwick.com
