Natasha Katherine Pulley (born 4 December 1988) is a British author. She is best known for her debut novel, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, which won a Betty Trask Award.
Natasha Pulley | |
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 Pulley at the 2017 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | Natasha Katherine Pulley[1] 4 December 1988 Cambridge, England |
| Occupation | Author |
| Alma mater | |
| Notable works | The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (2015) |
| Notable awards | 2016 Betty Trask Award |
Pulley has also been an associate lecturer in creative writing at Bath Spa University, a visiting lecturer at City, University of London, and a tutor in the University of Cambridge's Institute of Continuing Education (ICE).[2]
Early life and education
editPulley was born in Cambridge[3] and educated at Soham Village College. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English from New College, Oxford and then a Master of Arts (MA) in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) from the University of East Anglia in 2012.[4][5][6] She also earned a scholarship to study abroad in Tokyo for a year.[3]
Works
editHer debut novel, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, was published in 2015[7] and was set in Victorian London.[8] It won a 2016 Betty Trask Award.[9] Her second novel, The Bedlam Stacks, was published in 2017,[10] and her third, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow, was released in the UK in 2019.[11] All three are set in the same fictional universe.[12]
Pulley's fourth book, an alternative history titled The Kingdoms, was released in May 2021,[13] followed by her fifth book, The Half Life of Valery K, in June 2022[14] and her sixth, The Mars House, on 19 March 2024.[15]
Awards
edit| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The Watchmaker of Filigree Street | Waverton Good Read Award | — | Longlisted | |
| 2016 | Authors' Club First Novel Award | — | Shortlisted | ||
| Betty Trask Prize and Awards | Betty Trask Award | Won | |||
| Crawford Award | — | Shortlisted | |||
| Gaylactic Spectrum Award | Novel | Shortlisted | |||
| Locus Award | First Novel | Nominated—5th | |||
| 2017 | The Bedlam Stacks | Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards | Fiction | Shortlisted | |
| 2018 | Encore Award | — | Shortlisted | ||
| Walter Scott Prize | — | Longlisted | |||
| 2019 | International Dublin Literary Award | — | Longlisted | ||
| 2020 | The Lost Future of Pepperharrow | Kitschies | Red Tentacle (Novel) | Shortlisted | |
| 2021 | The Kingdoms | Sidewise Award | Long Form | Shortlisted | |
| 2022 | HWA Crown Awards | Gold | Shortlisted | ||
| 2024 | The Mars House | Climate Fiction Prize | — | Pending |
Bibliography
editWatchmaker
edit- —— (2015). The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury Circus. pp. 1–325. ISBN 9781408854280.
- —— (2017). The Bedlam Stacks (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury UK. pp. 1–337. ISBN 9781408878446.
- —— (2020). The Lost Future of Pepperharrow (paperback ed.). Bloomsbury Circus. pp. 1–512. ISBN 9781408885185.
Other novels
edit- —— (2021). The Kingdoms (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 1–448. ISBN 9781635576085.
- —— (2022). The Half Life of Valery K (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 1–384. ISBN 9781635573275.
- —— (2024). The Mars House (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 1–480. ISBN 9781639732333.
Collections
edit- ——; Macneal, Elizabeth; Hurley, Andrew; et al. (et al) (2021). The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights (hardcover ed.). Pegasus Crime. pp. 1–336. ISBN 9781643137971.
- ——; Macneal, Elizabeth; Hurley, Andrew; et al. (et al) (2023). The Winter Spirits: Twelve Ghostly Tales for Festive Nights. Little, Brown UK.
References
edit- ^ "Natasha Katherine Pulley". Institute of Continuing Education (ICE). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Owen, Frances (13 March 2023). "Historia interviews: 2022 HWA Gold Crown Award shortlist: Natasha Pulley". Historia. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Fiction skills: Capturing time and place with Natasha Pulley". The Guardian. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Cliss, Sarah. "Natasha holds author's event at Ely and meets up with some familiar faces". Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Natasha Pulley Author Page". Foyles. Foyles. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Natasha Pulley". Bloomsbury.
- ^ Wecker, Helene (31 July 2015). "'The Watchmaker of Filigree Street,' by Natasha Pulley". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ Times, Los Angeles (10 July 2015). "'Watchmaker of Filigree Street' is a magical tale of Victorian London". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Prizes - The Society of Authors". www.societyofauthors.org. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ Wheeler, Sara (15 September 2017). "A 19th-Century Smuggler in the Peruvian Andes". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ Pulley, Natasha (2019). The Lost Future of Pepperharrow. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-63557-330-5. OCLC 1042353069.
- ^ Codega, Linda H. (19 February 2020). "Peering Into The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley". Tor.com. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup". the Guardian. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Pulley, Natasha (22 June 2022). "Natasha Pulley on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "The Mars House". Gollancz. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "sfadb : Natasha Pulley Titles". sfadb.com. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Natasha Pulley | Author | LibraryThing". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Award Bibliography: Natasha Pulley". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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