Marcus Sedgwick (1968–2022)
Author of Midwinterblood
About the Author
Marcus Sedgwick was born in East Kent, England. He is primarily a young adult author. His books include She Is Not Invisible, White Crow, Revolver, and The Ghosts of Heaven. He won the 2014 Michael L. Printz Award for Midwinterblood. His first adult novel, A Love Like Blood, was published in 2014. show more (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Marcus Sedgwick
The Emporer's New Clothes 1 copy
Blood red snow white 1 copy
Associated Works
The Arthur Ransome Society : transcripts from the literary weekends (1993) — Contributor, some editions — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1968-04-08
- Date of death
- 2022-11-15
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Kent, England, UK
- Places of residence
- France
Cambridgeshire, England, UK - Occupations
- author
illustrator
musician
writer-in-residence - Relationships
- Sedgwick, Julian (brother)
- Organizations
- Arvon Foundation (tutor)
- Agent
- RCW
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Reviews
Lists
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 56
- Also by
- 8
- Members
- 6,767
- Popularity
- #3,614
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 348
- ISBNs
- 398
- Languages
- 16
- Favorited
- 11
- Touchstones
- 286
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The book started off well, it had promise of the dead days and a good mystery at first with all these deaths what force it was that was coming for valerian. This book is very plot driven which I appreciate but at times it doesn’t line up with the characters either. It felt that the “kids are smart and adults are creepy and mean” trope which at the time of the writing, YA was still in its infancy so I’m not surprised by that. I gave it three stars because the plot has potential and the pacing was good and I liked the concept of the dead days being used in here.… (more)