Marcus Sedgwick

Marcus Sedwick
Born(1968-04-08)8 April 1968
Preston, Kent, England
Died15 November 2022(2022-11-15) (aged 54)
France
EducationUniversity of Bath
GenreFantasy, science fiction, horror, young adult
Notable awardsMichael L. Printz Award
2014 Midwinterblood

Booktrust Teenage Prize
2007 My Swordhand Is Singing

Branford Boase Award
2001 Floodland

Marcus Sedgwick (8 April 1968 – 15 November 2022) was a British writer and illustrator. He authored several young adult and children's books and picture books, a work of nonfiction and several novels for adults, and illustrated a collection of myths and a book of folk tales for adults.[1] According to School Library Journal his "most acclaimed titles" were those for young adults.[1]

His novel Floodland (2001) won the Branford Boase Award and The Dark Horse (2002) was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. The first U.S. edition of his 2011 novel Midwinterblood won the 2014 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association.[2]

  1. ^ a b Yorio, Kara (17 November 2022). "Children's Literature World Mourns Author Marcus Sedgwick, Who has Died at 54". School Library Journal. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  2. ^ Strickland, Ashley (27 January 2014). "And the Newbery, Caldecott award winners are..." CNN. Retrieved 2 January 2023.