Francesca Segal
Francesca Segal | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1980 (age 43–44) |
| Notable work | The Innocents |
| Relatives | Erich Segal (father) Karen Segal (mother) |
Francesca Segal (born 1980) is a British author and journalist. She was brought up in a Jewish community in north-west London where she still lives today.[1] She is best known for her novel, The Innocents, which won several book awards.[2] She is the daughter of American author, Erich Segal.[3]
Career
Segal studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford before becoming an author and journalist. Her writing has been published in many places including The Guardian, American Vogue, British Vogue, The Observer, and the Financial Times.[2]
Her first novel, The Innocents was published in 2012 and is based in a Jewish community, similar to the one in which she grew up in.[1] It won several awards and was also longlisted for the 2013 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.[4]
Segal's second novel, The Awkward Age was published in May 2017.[5] Her third book, Mother Ship is a memoir released in June 2019. It follows Segal in the aftermath of the premature birth of her twin daughters and their time spent in hospital.[6]
Awards
- 2012 - Costa Award for a first novel for The Innocents[7]
- 2012 - National Jewish Book Award for The Innocents[8]
- 2013 - Betty Trask Award for The Innocents[9]
- 2013 - Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature for The Innocents[10]
- 2013 - Harold U. Ribalow Prize for The Innocents[11]
References
- ^ a b "Francesca Segal: the Costa Prize-winning novelist following in her father's footsteps". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ a b "About". www.francescasegal.com. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ Temko, Ned (19 January 2010). "Erich Segal obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION ANNOUNCES 2013 LONGLIST". womensprizeforfiction. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "The Awkward Age by Francesca Segal, book review: A painful delight to read". The Independent. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ Segal, Francesca. "Mother Ship". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Costa Novel winner Francesca Segal's book is optioned for television drama". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Past Winners - Fiction". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Francesca Segal's THE INNOCENTS wins a Betty Trask Award at The Authors' Awards 2013". ROGERS, COLERIDGE & WHITE. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "2013 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature". www.jewishbookcouncil.org. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "Francesca Segal to Receive Harold U. Ribalow Prize". www.kintera.org. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
