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Sophie Mackintosh
Born1988
Wales
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Warwick
GenreFiction, short stories
Notable worksThe Water Cure (novel)
Website
Personal Website

Sophie Mackintosh (born 1988[1]) is a British novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, The Water Cure, was nominated for the 2018 Man Booker Prize.[2]

Biography

Mackintosh was born in South Wales and grew up in Pembrokeshire.[3] When she started writing, her initial focus was on poetry,[4] but gravitated towards prose fiction, which she has combined around holding various jobs during her 20s.[3]

She is bilingual,[4] and cites Welsh mythology and Angela Carter as influences. Mackintosh enjoys running and eating,[5] and since 2018, she has been working on her second novel.[6]

Her novel The Water Cure was released in May 2018.[7] According to The Guardian's review, the novel exposes the parts of real life that are usually not confronted in the world.[8] British book editor Hermione Thompson who works for Penguin books and who helped to publish the novel, wrote about the novel, “The Water Cure is an astonishing novel: it unfolds seductively, like a dream (or a nightmare), yet speaks urgently to the concerns of our own world. It heralds the arrival of a radical new voice in literary fiction.”[9]

Bibliography

Novels

Short Stories

Critical studies and reviews of Mackintosh's work

  • Miller, Laura (January 7, 2019). "The purge : The Water Cure is a twisted fairy tale of toxic masculinity". The Critics. Books. The New Yorker. 94 (43): 68–69. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)[11]

Awards

  • 2018: Man Booker Prize, longlist (The Water Cure)
  • 2017: Berlin Writing Prize, shortlist.[12] (Holiday with T)
  • 2016: The White Review Short Story Prize, winner.[13] (Grace)
  • 2016: Virago / Stylist Short Story Prize, winner.[14] (The Running Ones)

References

  1. ^ "| Sophie Mackintosh". www.davidhigham.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  2. ^ Flood, Alison (2018-07-23). "Man Booker prize 2018 longlist includes graphic novel for the first time". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  3. ^ a b Cosslett, Rhiannon Lucy (2018-05-24). "Sophie Mackintosh: 'Dystopian feminism might be a trend, but it's also our lives'". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  4. ^ a b "10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Sophie Mackintosh". Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  5. ^ "Writers of the Week". Maudlin House. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  6. ^ "The Gentlewoman – Sophie Mackintosh". thegentlewoman.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  7. ^ "The Water Cure". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  8. ^ Revely-Calder, Cal (2018-05-23). "The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh review – an extraordinary otherworldly debut". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-08-20.
  9. ^ "Radical new voice in literary fiction secures publishing deal".
  10. ^ Mackintosh, Sophie (2018-09-19). "Joy Division inspired me to write – but could I write about their music? | Sophie Mackintosh". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-09-23.
  11. ^ Online version is titled "A twisted fairy tale about toxic masculinity".
  12. ^ "The 2017 Berlin Writing Prize". The Reader Berlin. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  13. ^ "The White Review Short Story Prize 2016 - The White ReviewThe White Review". www.thewhitereview.org. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
  14. ^ "The big short: meet the winner of Stylist's gothic short story competition". Stylist. 2016-10-10. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
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