Natasha Pulley
Natasha Pulley | |
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![]() Pulley at the 2017 Texas Book Festival | |
Born | (1988-12-04) December 4, 1988 (age 35) |
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | New College, Oxford University of East Anglia |
Notable works | The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (2015) |
Notable awards | 2016 Betty Trask Award |
Natasha Pulley (born 4 December 1988) is a British author. She is best known for her debut novel, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, which won a Betty Trask Award.
Education
She was educated at Soham Village College, New College, Oxford, and the University of East Anglia (MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction), 2012).[1][2][3]
Works
Her debut novel, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, was published in 2015[4] and was set in Victorian London.[5] It won a 2016 Betty Trask Award.[6] Her second novel, The Bedlam Stacks, was published in 2017,[7] and her third, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow, was released in the UK in 2019.[8] All three are set in the same fictional universe.[9]
Pulley's fourth book, an alternative history, The Kingdoms, was released in May 2021.[10] In June 2022, her fifth book, The Half Life of Valery K, came out;[11] The Mars House on 19 March 2024.[12]
Awards
Ref: [13][14][15]
Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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2015 | The Watchmaker of Filigree Street | Waverton Good Read Award | — | Longlisted | |
2016 | Authors' Club First Novel Award | — | Shortlisted | ||
Betty Trask Prize | Betty Trask Award (runners up) | Won | |||
Crawford Award | — | Shortlisted | |||
Gaylactic Spectrum Award | Novel | Shortlisted | |||
Locus Award | First Novel | Nominated—5th | |||
2017 | The Bedlam Stacks | Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards | Fiction | Shortlisted | |
2018 | Encore Award | — | Shortlisted | ||
Walter Scott Prize | — | Longlisted | |||
2019 | International Dublin Literary Award | — | Longlisted | ||
2020 | The Lost Future of Pepperharrow | Kitschies | Red Tentacle (Novel) | Shortlisted | |
2021 | The Kingdoms | Sidewise Award | Long Form | Shortlisted | |
2022 | HWA Crown Awards | Gold | Shortlisted |
Bibliography
Watchmaker
- —— (2015). The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury Circus. pp. 1–325. ISBN 978-1408854280.
- —— (2017). The Bedlam Stacks (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury UK. pp. 1–337. ISBN 978-1408878446.
- —— (2020). The Lost Future of Pepperharrow (paperback ed.). Bloomsbury Circus. pp. 1–512. ISBN 978-1408885185.
Other novels
- —— (2021). The Kingdoms (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 1–448. ISBN 978-1635576085.
- —— (2022). The Half Life of Valery K (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 1–384. ISBN 978-1635573275.
- —— (2024). The Mars House (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 1–480. ISBN 978-1639732333.
Collections
- ——; Macneal, Elizabeth; Hurley, Andrew; et al. (et al) (2021). The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights (hardcover ed.). Pegasus Crime. pp. 1–336. ISBN 978-1643137971.
- ——; Macneal, Elizabeth; Hurley, Andrew; et al. (et al) (2023). The Winter Spirits: Twelve Ghostly Tales for Festive Nights. Little, Brown UK.
References
- ^ Cliss, Sarah. "Natasha holds author's event at Ely and meets up with some familiar faces". Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Natasha Pulley Author Page". Foyles. Foyles. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Natasha Pulley". Bloomsbury.
- ^ Wecker, Helene (31 July 2015). "'The Watchmaker of Filigree Street,' by Natasha Pulley". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ Times, Los Angeles (10 July 2015). "'Watchmaker of Filigree Street' is a magical tale of Victorian London". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Prizes - The Society of Authors". www.societyofauthors.org. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ Wheeler, Sara (15 September 2017). "A 19th-Century Smuggler in the Peruvian Andes". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ Pulley, Natasha (2019). The Lost Future of Pepperharrow. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-63557-330-5. OCLC 1042353069.
- ^ Codega, Linda H. (19 February 2020). "Peering Into The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley". Tor.com. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup". the Guardian. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Pulley, Natasha (22 June 2022). "Natasha Pulley on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "The Mars House". Gollancz. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "sfadb : Natasha Pulley Titles". sfadb.com. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Natasha Pulley | Author | LibraryThing". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Award Bibliography: Natasha Pulley". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
External links
- Pulley's official website
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