Pippa Goldschmidt
{{Short description|British astronomer and writer}}
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| name = Pippa Goldschmidt
| nationality = UK and German
| occupation = Writer
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
- University of Leeds (BSc)
- University of Edinburgh (PhD)
- University of Glasgow (MLitt)}}
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| field = Physics, astronomy
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|language = English
|notable_works = {{Plainlist|
- The Falling Sky (2015)
- The Need for Better Regulation of Outer Space (2015)
- I Am Because You Are (2015)}}
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| awards = Suffrage Science Award (2016)
| website = {{Official URL}}
| image = File:Pippa Goldschmidt.jpg
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Pippa Goldschmidt is a British fiction writer, formerly based in Edinburgh, Scotland{{Cite news|url=http://www.cityofliterature.com/pippa-goldschmidt-invited-heidelbergs-writer-residence/|title=Pippa Goldschmidt invited to be Heidelberg's Writer in Residence - Edinburgh City of Literature|date=2018-01-26|work=Edinburgh City of Literature|access-date=2018-10-09|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010135013/http://www.cityofliterature.com/pippa-goldschmidt-invited-heidelbergs-writer-residence/|archive-date=2018-10-10|url-status=dead}} but now living in Germany.
Education
Goldschmidt has a background in science, having completed an undergraduate degree in physics with astronomy at the University of Leeds and a PhD in Astronomy{{when|date=November 2020}} at University of Edinburgh.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/wigtown-book-festival/9581477/Wigtown-Book-Festival-2012-QandA-with-Marek-Kukula-and-Pippa-Goldschmidt.html|title=Wigtown Book Festival 2012: Q&A with Marek Kukula and Pippa Goldschmidt|last=Bowie-Sell|first=Daisy|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2012-10-03|access-date=2018-10-09|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web|url=https://stfc.ukri.org/files/partner-publications/a-new-view-of-the-universe/|title=A New View of the Universe: Big science for the big society|website=Science & Technology Facilities Council|page=18|access-date=9 October 2018}}
Career
After completing her education she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Queen Mary University and Imperial College in London, then joined the civil service fast stream graduate scheme, working at British National Space Centre and Department for Trade and Industry.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imperial.ac.uk/college.asp?P=1816|title=Imperial College London - New vision of star formation|website=www.imperial.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-10-09}}{{Cite journal|last1=Goldschmidt|first1=P.|last2=Miller|first2=L.|date=1998-01-01|title=The UVX quasar optical luminosity function and its evolution|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|language=en|volume=293|issue=1|pages=107–112|doi=10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01131.x|doi-access=free |issn=0035-8711|arxiv=astro-ph/9709019|bibcode=1998MNRAS.293..107G|s2cid=18822367}} During her work in government she worked on homelessness policy for the Scottish Government, as well as offshore renewable energy policy for Marine Scotland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.scot/Publications/2006/12/19110317/1|title=Consultation Paper: Homelessness etc (Scotland) Act 2003: Implementation of Section 11|last=Scottish Government|date=2006-12-20|website=www.gov.scot|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-10-23}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.homepages.ed.ac.uk/shs/Tidal%20Stream/Pentland_MSP.pdf|title=Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Marine Spatial Plan Framework & Regional Locational Guidance for Marine Energy Draft Report|date=December 2009|access-date=23 October 2018}}
= Writing =
Goldschmidt's debut novel Falling Sky was published in 2013 and a collection of short stories The Need for Better Regulation of Outer Space in 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/70765-pippa-goldschmidt-the-need-for-better-regulation-of-outer-space/|title=Pippa Goldschmidt – The Need for Better Regulation of Outer Space|date=2015-05-11|work=The List|access-date=2018-10-09|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/50205-pippa-goldschmidt-the-falling-sky/|title=Pippa Goldschmidt -The Falling Sky|date=2013-04-10|work=The List|access-date=2018-10-09|language=en-GB}} In 2015 she was the co-editor of I Am Because You Are, a collection of short stories on the theme of relativity, published for the centenary of Einstein's theory of general relativity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/across-the-universe/2016/mar/08/imaginative-science-of-einstein-celebrated-in-short-story-anthology|title=Imaginative science of Einstein celebrated in short story anthology|last=Clark|first=Stuart|date=2016-03-08|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-10-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/books/i-am-because-you-are|title=I Am Because You Are|website=www.scottishbooktrust.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-09}} She has also been a writer in residence for the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum, the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh, Wigtown Book Festival, the German city of Heidelberg and is currently writer in residence at the University of Edinburgh's science, technology and innovation studies unit.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/news/meet-schools-writer-residence-pippa-goldschmidt-28-05-13|title=Meet the School's writer in residence, Pippa Goldschmidt {{!}} School of Physics and Astronomy|website=www.ph.ed.ac.uk|date=28 May 2013 |language=en|access-date=2018-10-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/pippa-goldschmidt/|title=Pippa Goldschmidt|website=Blake Friedmann|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-10-23}}{{Cite news|url=https://uncannybodies.com/who-we-are/|title=Who We Are|date=2018-05-23|work=Uncanny Bodies|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en-US}}
In 2008 she achieved an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/subjects/creativewriting/alumni/#/pippagoldschmidt-mlittincreativewriting(2008)|title=University of Glasgow - Subjects A‑Z - Creative Writing - Alumni|website=www.gla.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-10-09}}
= Publications =
- The Falling Sky (2013) ISBN 978-1908754141
- The Need for Better Regulation of Outer Space (2015){{ISBN missing}}
- I Am Because You Are (2015){{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/pippa-goldschmidt|title=Pippa Goldschmidt {{!}} Poetry {{!}} Scottish Poetry Library|website=www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-10-15}} {{ISBN missing}}
= Awards and honours =
- The Falling Sky Shortlisted for Dundee International Book Prize (2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.dundee.ac.uk/news/2015/devil-take-the-hindmost--and-10000-dundee-international-book-prize.php|title=Devil Take The Hindmost And 10000 Dundee International Book Prize : News|last=Dundee|first=University of|website=University of Dundee|language=en|access-date=2018-10-23}}
- Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award (2012){{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing/scottish-book-trust-training-awards/new-writers-awards/about-the-awards|title=About the New Writers Awards|website=www.scottishbooktrust.com|language=en|access-date=2018-10-23}}
- Suffrage Science award (2016){{Cite news|url=https://lms.mrc.ac.uk/award-recognises-women-science/|title=Award Recognises Women in Science|date=2016-03-08|work=LMS London Institute of Medical Sciences|access-date=2018-10-09|language=en-GB}}
- Longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize (2016)
- Longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award (2015){{Cite web|url=http://www.pippagoldschmidt.co.uk/|title=Pippa Goldschmidt|website=Pippa Goldschmidt|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-10-15}}
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Category:British women short story writers
Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:Alumni of the University of Leeds
Category:21st-century British novelists
Category:21st-century British poets
Category:British women novelists
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