Helen Sedgwick

Sedgwick was born in London and studied physics at the University of Bristol.Scotsman, [https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/helen-sedgwick-discusses-her-first-novel-1469632/ Helen Sedgwick discusses her first novel], www.scotsman.com, Aug 16 (2016) She gained a PhD in physics from the University of EdinburghEdinburgh International Book Festival [https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/writers/helen-sedgwick-1/ Author biography], www.edbookfest.co.uk (2016) and an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow.[https://www.gla.ac.uk/subjects/creativewriting/alumni/ Glasgow University Alumni], www.gla.ac.uk

After leaving physics research to become a freelance writer,BBC, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qsv0w/ Helen Sedgwick biography], www.bbc.co.uk, Feb 24 (2013) Sedgwick worked as the joint managing director of Cargo Publishing from 2014 to 2015,The Bookseller, [https://www.thebookseller.com/news/tasker-and-sedgwick-become-cargo-joint-mds/ Tasker and Sedgwick become Cargo joint MDs], www.thebookseller.com, March 12 (2014) Sedgwick was also the managing editor of Gutter magazine and worked as a creative writing tutor.Scottish Book trust [https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/authors/helen-sedgwick/ Helen Sedgwick on the Live Literature Database], www.scottishbooktrust.com

She released her first novel in 2016, The Comet Seekers.The New York Times Book Review, [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/books/review/a-ghost-story-leaps-through-time-and-space.html?_r=0 The Comet Seekers: A ghost story leaps through time and space], www.nytimes.com, Dec 2 (2016)The Herald, [https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/14736415.face-to-face-author-helen-sedgwick-on-her-first-novel-the-comet-seekers-and-the-consoling-scale-of-the-universe/ 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, [http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-comet-seekers-review-the-patterns-in-the-stars-1.2771924 The Comet Seekers Review: The Patterns In The Stars], www.irishtimes.com, Aug 29 (2016) This was followed by her second novel, The Growing Season,The Guardian, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/sep/29/ The Growing Season Review], www.theguardian.com, Sept 29 (2017) which was shortlisted for Fiction Book of the Year in Scotland's National Book Awards 2018.Scottish Review of Books, [https://www.scottishreviewofbooks.org/free-content/saltire-shortlists-showcase-emerging-talents-alongside-household-names/ Saltire Literary Awards Shortlist Announced], www.scottishreviewofbooks.org Oct 23 (2018) Sedgwick's first crime novel was When The Dead Come Calling,The Scotsman, [https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-when-dead-come-calling-helen-sedgwick-1395157 Book Review: When The Dead Come Calling], www.scotsman.com, Feb 4 (2020) the opening book in the Burrowhead Mysteries crime trilogy.The Bookseller, [https://www.thebookseller.com/news/atmospheric-crime-trilogy-point-blank-743021 Sedgwick's Atmospheric Crime Trilogy to Point Blank], www.thebookseller.com March 1 (2018) She cites her scientific background as a big influence on her writing.BBC Radio 4, [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07q2dn4 Helen Sedgwick on Woman's Hour], www.bbc.co.uk (2016)

Sedgwick is a member of The Society of AuthorsThe Society of Authors [https://www.societyofauthors.org/writer-Profile?itemID=7477/ Helen Sedgwick], www.societyofauthors.org and the Crime Writers' Association.The Crime Writers Association [https://thecwa.co.uk/find-an-author/sedgwick-helen Helen Sedgwick], thecwa.co.uk She lives in Tain, in Ross-shire in the Scottish HighlandsRoss-shire Journal, [https://www.whatson-north.co.uk/whats-on/books/sea-change-for-novelist-helen-sedgwick-who-publishes-her-crime-novel-debut-189016/ Seven Days Guide], www.whatson-north.co.uk, Jan 3 (2020) with her partner and their daughter.Crime Review [http://www.crimereview.co.uk/page.php/interview/8314 Countdown with Helen Sedgwick], www.crimereview.co.uk (2020)

• 2012 Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award.Scottish Book Trust [https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-authors/new-writers-awards/previous-new-writers-awardees/ New Writers Awardees], www.scottishbooktrust.com (2012)
• 2016 Glamour Book of the Year: The Comet Seekers.Glamour, [https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/gallery/the-10-best-books-of-2016 The 10 Best Novels of 2016], www.glamourmagazine.co.uk Dec 2 (2016)
• 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.Saltire Society [https://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/news/2018/10/22/2018-saltire-literary-awards-shortlist-unveiled-at-special-event-in-edinburgh/ 2018 shortlist], www.saltiresociety.org.uk (2018)
• 2021 Dr Gavin Wallace Fellowship.Creative Scotland [https://www.creativescotland.com/what-we-do/latest-news/archive/2021/07/helen-sedgwick-appointed-2021-dr-gavin-wallace-fellow Helen Sedgwick appointed 2021 Dr Gavin Wallace Fellow], www.creativescotland.com (2021)

• 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)

Source:Helen Sedgwick, [https://www.helensedgwick.com/publications/ Publications], www.helensedgwick.com

• 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)

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Category:21st-century British novelists

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