Natasha Pulley

Summary

Natasha 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
Pulley at the 2017 Texas Book Festival
Pulley at the 2017 Texas Book Festival
Born (1988-12-04) December 4, 1988 (age 35)
OccupationAuthor
NationalityBritish
Alma materNew College, Oxford University of East Anglia
Notable worksThe Watchmaker of Filigree Street (2015)
Notable awards2016 Betty Trask Award

Education edit

She was educated at Soham Village College, New College, Oxford, and the University of East Anglia (MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction), 2012).[1][2][3]

Works edit

Her debut novel, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, was published in 2015[4] and was set in Victorian London.[5] It won a 2016 Betty Trask Award.[6] Her second novel, The Bedlam Stacks, was published in 2017,[7] and her third, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow, was released in the UK in 2019.[8] All three are set in the same fictional universe.[9] Pulley's fourth book, an alternative history, The Kingdoms, was released in May 2021.[10] In June 2022, her fifth book, The Half Life of Valery K, came out.[11] The Mars House is scheduled for release on 19 March 2024.[12]

Bibliography edit

Watchmaker edit

  • —— (2015). The Watchmaker of Filigree Street (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury Circus. pp. 1–325. ISBN 978-1408854280.
  • —— (2017). The Bedlam Stacks (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury UK. pp. 1–337. ISBN 978-1408878446.
  • —— (2020). The Lost Future of Pepperharrow (paperback ed.). Bloomsbury Circus. pp. 1–512. ISBN 978-1408885185.

Other novels edit

  • —— (2021). The Kingdoms (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 1–448. ISBN 978-1635576085.
  • —— (2022). The Half Life of Valery K (hardcover ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 1–384. ISBN 978-1635573275.

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 978-1643137971.
  • ——; Macneal, Elizabeth; Hurley, Andrew; et al. (et al) (2023). The Winter Spirits: Twelve Ghostly Tales for Festive Nights. Little, Brown UK.

References edit

  1. ^ Cliss, Sarah. "Natasha holds author's event at Ely and meets up with some familiar faces". Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Natasha Pulley Author Page". Foyles. Foyles. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Natasha Pulley". Bloomsbury.
  4. ^ Wecker, Helene (31 July 2015). "'The Watchmaker of Filigree Street,' by Natasha Pulley". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. ^ Times, Los Angeles (10 July 2015). "'Watchmaker of Filigree Street' is a magical tale of Victorian London". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Prizes - The Society of Authors". www.societyofauthors.org. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  7. ^ Wheeler, Sara (15 September 2017). "A 19th-Century Smuggler in the Peruvian Andes". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  8. ^ Pulley, Natasha (2019). The Lost Future of Pepperharrow. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-63557-330-5. OCLC 1042353069.
  9. ^ Codega, Linda H. (19 February 2020). "Peering Into The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley". Tor.com. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  10. ^ "The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup". the Guardian. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  11. ^ Pulley, Natasha (22 June 2022). "Natasha Pulley on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  12. ^ "The Mars House". Gollancz. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

External links edit

  • Pulley's official website