Natasha Pulley

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Natasha Pulley
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Pulley at the 2017 Texas Book Festival
BornNatasha Katherine Pulley [1]
(1988-12-04) 4 December 1988 (age 35)
Cambridge, England
OccupationAuthor
Alma mater
Notable worksThe Watchmaker of Filigree Street (2015)
Notable awards2016 Betty Trask Award

Natasha Katherine 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.

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Pulley has also been an associate lecturer in creative writing at Bath Spa University, a visiting lecturer at City, University of London, and a tutor in the University of Cambridge's Institute of Continuing Education (ICE). [2]

Early life and education

Pulley was born in Cambridge [3] and educated at Soham Village College. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English from New College, Oxford and then a Master of Arts (MA) in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction) from the University of East Anglia in 2012. [4] [5] [6] She also earned a scholarship to study abroad in Tokyo for a year. [3]

Works

Her debut novel, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, was published in 2015 [7] and was set in Victorian London. [8] It won a 2016 Betty Trask Award. [9] Her second novel, The Bedlam Stacks, was published in 2017, [10] and her third, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow, was released in the UK in 2019. [11] All three are set in the same fictional universe. [12]

Pulley's fourth book, an alternative history titled The Kingdoms, was released in May 2021, [13] followed by her fifth book, The Half Life of Valery K, in June 2022 [14] and her sixth, The Mars House, on 19 March 2024. [15]

Awards

Ref: [16] [17] [18]

YearTitleAwardCategoryResultRef
2015The Watchmaker of Filigree StreetWaverton Good Read AwardLonglisted
2016 Authors' Club First Novel Award Shortlisted
Betty Trask Prize and Awards Betty Trask AwardWon
Crawford Award Shortlisted
Gaylactic Spectrum Award Novel Shortlisted
Locus Award First Novel Nominated—5th
2017The Bedlam Stacks Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards FictionShortlisted
2018 Encore Award Shortlisted
Walter Scott Prize Longlisted
2019 International Dublin Literary Award Longlisted
2020The Lost Future of Pepperharrow Kitschies Red Tentacle (Novel)Shortlisted
2021The Kingdoms Sidewise Award Long FormShortlisted
2022HWA Crown AwardsGoldShortlisted
2024The Mars House Climate Fiction Prize Pending

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References

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