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Marcus Sedgwick

(b.1968)

Marcus Sedgwick was born and raised in East Kent in the South-east of England. He now divides his time between a small village near Cambridge and the French Alps.

Marcus was Writer in Residence at Bath Spa University for three years, and has taught creative writing at Arvon and Ty Newydd. He is currently working on film and other graphic novels with his brother, Julian, as well as a graphic novel with Thomas Taylor. He has judged numerous books awards, including the Guardian Childrens Fiction Prize and the Costa Book Awards.

He has illustrated some of his books, and has provided wood-engravings for a couple of private press books.

Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Historical Mystery

Series

Book of Dead Days
1. The Book of Dead Days (2003)
2. The Dark Flight Down (2004)

Raven Mysteries
   1. Flood and Fang (2009)
   2. Ghosts and Gadgets (2009)
   3. Lunatics and Luck (2010)
   4. Vampires and Volts (2010)
   5. Magic and Mayhem (2011)
   6. Diamonds and Doom (2011)

Cudweed
   1. Cudweed's Birthday (2011)
   2. Cudweed in Outer Space (2012)
   3. Cudweed's Time Machine (2013)

Raven Boy & Elf Girl
   1. Fright Forest (2012)
   2. Monster Mountains (2012)
   3. Scream Sea (2013)
   4. Dread Desert (2013)
   5. Terror Town (2014)
   6. Creepy Caves (2015)

Novels

   Floodland (2000)
   Witch Hill (2001)
   The Dark Horse (2002)
   Cowards (2003)
   A Christmas Wish (2003)
   The Foreshadowing (2005)
   My Swordhand Is Singing (2006)
   Blood Red, Snow White (2007)
   The Kiss of Death (2008)
   Revolver (2009)
   White Crow (2010)
   Midwinterblood (2011)
   Dark Satanic Mills (2013) (with Julian Sedgwick)
   She Is Not Invisible (2013)
   A Love Like Blood (2014)
   The Ghosts of Heaven (2014)
   Killing the Dead (2015)
   Mister Memory (2016)
   Saint Death (2016)
   The Monsters We Deserve (2018)
   Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black (2019) (with Julian Sedgwick)
   Snowflake, AZ (2019)
   Dark Peak (2021)
   Wrath (2022)

Omnibus

The Dead Days Omnibus (2006)
The Swordhand Omnibus (2011)

Collections

The Great War (2015) (with David Almond, John Boyne, Tracy Chevalier, Ursula Dubosarsky, Timothée De Fombelle, Adèle Geras, A L Kennedy, Michael Morpurgo, Tanya Lee Stone and Sheena Wilkinson)
I'll Be Home For Christmas (2016) (with Tom Becker, Holly Bourne, Sita Brahmachari, Kevin Brooks, Melvin Burgess, Katy Cannon, Cat Clarke, Tracy Darnton, Juno Dawson, Julie Mayhew, Non Pratt, Lisa Williamson and Benjamin Zephaniah)

Picture Books

The Emperor's New Clothes (2004)

Graphic Novels

Scarlett Hart: Monster Hunter (2018)

Series contributed to

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary E-Shorts
3. The Spear of Destiny (2013)

Doctor Who (with Holly Black, Malorie Blackman, Eoin Colfer, Neil Gaiman, Charlie Higson, Derek Landy, Richelle Mead, Patrick Ness, Philip Reeve, Michael Scott Rohan, Alex Scarrow and Michael Scott)
12 Doctors 12 Stories (2014)

Non fiction

Snow (2016)

Awards

	Carnegie Medal Best Book nominee (2007) : My Swordhand Is Singing
	Costa Children's Book Award Best Novel nominee (2007) : Blood Red, Snow White
	Carnegie Medal Best Book nominee (2010) : Revolver
	Carnegie Medal Best Book nominee (2011) : White Crow
	Michael L. Printz Award Best Book nominee (2011) : Revolver
	Carnegie Medal Best Book nominee (2013) : Midwinterblood
	Costa Children's Book Award Best Novel nominee (2014) : The Ghosts of Heaven
	Michael L. Printz Award Best Book winner (2014) : Midwinterblood
	YA Book Prize Best Young Adult nominee (2015) : The Ghosts of Heaven
	Carnegie Medal Best Book nominee (2016) : The Ghosts of Heaven
	Michael L. Printz Award Best Book nominee (2016) : The Ghosts of Heaven
	Carnegie Medal Best Book nominee (2018) : Saint Death
	Carnegie Medal Best Book nominee (2020) : Voyages in the Underworld of Orpheus Black