Forthcoming book: 'All in your head' by Marcus Sedgwick

Andy · Feb 6, 2021

I've not read the sample that is available.

If you’re wondering why there haven’t been many novels recently, Marcus has been working on a book based on his own experience of falling ill, over seven years ago, with what is commonly termed ME, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. It explores what happens when your doctor tells you your illness is psychosomatic, despite all the evidence to the contrary, and what these four words – all in your head – do to you.
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https://marcussedgwick.com/all-in-your-head/

MARCUS SEDGWICK was born and raised in a small village in East Kent in the south-east of England. He now lives high in a remote valley in the French Alps.

Marcus is a writer of 40 books for adults and young adults, of novels for younger people, of non-fiction and academic essays. He even published a couple of picture books once but that’s a secret. He is winner of many prizes, most notably the 2014 Michael L. Printz Award for his novel Midwinterblood. Marcus has also received two Printz Honors, for Revolver in 2011 and The Ghosts of Heaven in 2016, giving him the most citations to date for America’s most prestigious book prize for writing for young adults. Other notable award winning books include Floodland, Marcus’ first novel, which won the Branford-Boase Award in 2001, a prize for the best debut novel for children published in the UK each year; My Swordhand is Singing, which won the Booktrust Teenage Prize for 2007, and Lunatics and Luck, part of The Raven Mysteries series, which won a Blue Peter Book Award in 2011.
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https://marcussedgwick.com/biography/

I've gained a few followers recently, many from the #mecfs & #chronicillness communities, so I thought it might be worth explaining what I'm doing, which I have done here marcussedgwick.com/all-in-your-he…
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Trish · Feb 6, 2021

This sounds very interesting. Another book to add to my list to buy and find the energy to read.

Perrier · Feb 6, 2021

I just looked at his website, and he is very productive, and his work looks inviting. From what I can see he tends to write for young adults and children. I tried to find out about more about his life with ME, but there was nothing there about this, except highlights from this new book which I will likely purchase. It would be interesting to know more about his road with ME.

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