Helen Sedgwick

Helen Sedgwick is an author of literary fiction and crime fiction, a literary editor, and a research physicist.Author Interviews, Helen Sedgwick, authorinterviews.co.uk (2019) She lives in Tain, in Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands.Ross-shire Journal, Seven Days Guide, www.whatson-north.co.uk, Jan 3 (2020)
== Life ==
Sedgwick was born in London and lived in Chiswick Chiswick Book Festival Chiswick Timeline of Writers & Books, www.chiswickbookfestival.net (2020) before leaving to study Physics at Bristol University.Scotsman, Helen Sedgwick discusses her first novel, www.scotsman.com, Aug 16 (2016) She gained a PhD in Physics from Edinburgh University Edinburgh International Book Festival Author biography, www.edbookfest.co.uk (2016) and she has an MLitt in Creative Writing from Glasgow University.Glasgow University Alumni, www.gla.ac.uk 
After leaving physics research to become a freelance writer,BBC, Helen Sedgwick biography, www.bbc.co.uk, Feb 24 (2013) Sedgwick worked as the joint Managing Director of Cargo Publishing from 2014-2015,The Skinny, Books News: Big changes at Cargo Publishing, www.theskinny.co.uk, March 11 (2014) a role she shared with Gill Tasker.The Bookseller, 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 Helen Sedgwick on the Live Literature Database, www.scottishbooktrust.com
She released her first novel in 2016, The Comet Seekers,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) which was published by Harvill Secker Penguin Books, The Comet Seekers, www.penguin.co.uk (2016) in the UK and by HarperCollins HarperCollins, Helen Sedgwick, www.harpercollins.com (2016) in the US and Canada. This was followed by her second novel, The Growing Season,Penguin Books, Helen Sedgwick, www.penguin.co.uk (2017) which was shortlisted for a Saltire Society Fiction Book of the year in 2018.Scottish Review of Books, Saltire Literary Awards Shortlist Announced, www.scottishreviewofbooks.org Oct 23 (2018) Sedgwick's latest novel is When The Dead Come Calling,The Herald Hot List Ones to Watch, www.heraldscotland.com, Jan 6 (2020) the first book in the Burrowhead Mysteries crime trilogy.The Bookseller, 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, Helen Sedgwick on Woman's Hour, www.bbc.co.uk (2016)
Sedgwick is a member of The Society of Authors The Society of Authors Helen Sedgwick, www.societyofauthors.org and the Crime Writers Association.The Crime Writers Association Helen Sedgwick, thecwa.co.uk She lives in the Scottish Highlands with her partner Michael Gallacher and their daughter. Crime Review Countdown with Helen Sedgwick, www.crimereview.co.uk (2020)
== Awards ==
*2012 Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardees, www.scottishbooktrust.com (2012) 
*2016 Glamour Book of the Year: The Comet Seekers.Glamour, The 10 Best Novels of 2016, www.glamourmagazine.co.uk Dec 2 (2016)
*2016 Waterstones Scottish Book of the Month: The Comet Seekers. 
*2018 Saltire Society Fiction Book of the year shortlist: The Growing Season. Saltire Society 2018 shortlist, www.saltiresociety.org.uk (2018)
== Bibliography ==
=== Novels ===
* The Comet Seekers (2016)
* The Growing Season (2017)
* When The Dead Come Calling (2020)
=== Short stories Helen Sedgwick, Publications, www.helensedgwick.com === 
* The Archaeologist of Akrotiri, New Writing Scotland 35 (2017)
* Duality, Out there (2014)
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External links==
* Helen Sedgwick on twitter
* Helen Sedgwick on facebook
* Helen Sedgwick on instagram
* Helen Sedgwick on penguin.co.uk
* Helen Sedgwick (Author of The Comet Seekers) - Goodreads
* Helen Sedgwick - Curtis Brown
* Helen Sedgwick - Scottish Book Trust
* Helen Sedgwick - Fantastic Fiction
* Helen Sedgwick - Amazon UK
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Category:British writers
Category:Physicists by field of research
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Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol
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Category:Alumni of the University of Glasgow
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