Bea Fitzgerald | |
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Born | 18 August 1996 |
Alma mater | University of Reading |
Years active | 2018–present |
Website | www |
Bea Fitzgerald (born 18 August 1996) is an English novelist. Her debut young adult (YA) novel Girl, Goddess, Queen (2023) became a Sunday Times bestseller and received a Romantic Novel Award among other accolades.
Fitzgerald is from Maldon, Essex. [1] [2] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English literature from the University of Reading in 2017. [3]
After graduating from university, Fitzgerald landed a marketing job at Scholastic. [3] Fitzgerald then worked as an assistant editor for Hodder & Stoughton. In 2022, she joined the Blair Partnership as a digital agent. [4]
In 2022, Fitzgerald signed her first three-book deal with Penguin and Puffin Books, [5] through which she published her debut novel Girl, Goddess, Queen in 2023. The novel is a young adult (YA) retelling of the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone. [6] [7] Girl, Goddess, Queen became a Sunday Times bestseller, [8] won a Romantic Novel Award in the Fantasy category, [9] and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Fiction, [10] the YA Book Prize [11] and a Books Are My Bag Readers' Award. [12]
The second and third retellings in the book deal titled The End Crowns All, a sapphic reimagining of the Trojan war, [13] [14] and A Beautiful Evil, based on the myth of Pandora, followed in 2024 and 2025 respectively. Also in 2024 via a two-book deal with Penguin Michael Joseph (PMJ), [15] Fitzgerald published her first adult thriller novel Then Things Went Dark. [16]
Fitzgerald is bi and asexual. [17] [18] [ non-primary source needed ] [19] [ non-primary source needed ]
Year | Award | Category | Title | Result | Ref. |
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2023 | Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards | Young Adult Fiction | Girl, Goddess, Queen | Shortlisted | [12] |
2024 | Waterstones Children's Book Prize | Older Fiction | Shortlisted | [10] | |
Romantic Novel Awards | Fantasy | Won | [9] | ||
YA Book Prize | Shortlisted | [11] | |||
2025 | The End Crowns All | Pending | |||