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.
