Francesca Segal

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Francesca Segal
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Notable worksThe Innocents (2012)
Notable awards Women's Prize for Fiction
Relatives Erich Segal (father)

Francesca Segal (born 1980) is a British author and journalist. She is best known for her debut novel, The Innocents (2012), which won several book awards.

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Life and career

She was raised in a Jewish community in northwest 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]

Awards

Awards and Nominations
YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef
2012The Innocents Costa Book Award First Novel Won [7]
National Jewish Book Award —Won [8]
2013 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction —Longlisted [4]
Betty Trask Prize and Awards Betty Trask Award Won [9]
Harold U. Ribalow Prize—Won [10]
Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature —Won [11]

Biblio

Novels

Memoir

References

  1. 1 2 "Francesca Segal: the Costa Prize-winning novelist following in her father's footsteps". www.thejc.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Temko, Ned (19 January 2010). "Erich Segal obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "About". www.francescasegal.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 "WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION ANNOUNCES 2013 LONGLIST". womensprizeforfiction. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Awkward Age by Francesca Segal, book review: A painful delight to read". The Independent. 3 May 2017. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Segal, Francesca. "Mother Ship". www.penguin.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "Costa Novel winner Francesca Segal's book is optioned for television drama". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Past Winners - Fiction". Jewish Book Council. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  9. ↑ "Francesca Segal's THE INNOCENTS wins a Betty Trask Award at The Authors' Awards 2013". ROGERS, COLERIDGE & WHITE. 14 June 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Francesca Segal to Receive Harold U. Ribalow Prize". www.kintera.org. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "2013 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature". www.jewishbookcouncil.org. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
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