Francesca Segal

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Francesca Segal
Notable workThe Innocents
Relatives Erich Segal (father) Karen Segal (mother)

Francesca Segal (born 1980) is a British author and journalist. She is best known for her novel, The Innocents, which won several book awards.

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Life and career

She was raised in a Jewish community in north-west London where she still lives today. [1] She is the daughter of American author, Erich Segal. [2]

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 . [3]

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]

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