Lucy Wood (writer)
Lucy Wood | |
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| Notable works | Diving Belles |
| Notable awards | BBC National Short Story Award Runner up (2013) |
Lucy Wood is a British short story writer and novelist. She has published two short story collections and one novel, all set in Cornwall. She won a Betty Trask Prize in 2016 and was the runner up for the BBC National Short Story Award in 2013.
Early and personal life
[edit]Wood grew up in Cornwall.[1] She got a Master's degree in Creative Writing from Exeter University.[2]
Writing career
[edit]Wood's debut short story collection, Diving Belles, was published in 2012.[2] Set in modern Cornwall, its twelve "magic-realist"[3] stories are "wrapped in local mythology".[4] The collection was shortlisted for the 2013 Edge Hill Short Story Prize.[5] A story originally published in this collection, 'Notes From the House Spirits', was the runner up for the BBC National Short Story Award in 2013.[6][7]
Wood's debut novel, Weathering, was published in 2015.[2][8] The Guardian said that the novel was set apart by its "extraordinary treatment of the rural setting ... both uncanny and pitilessly realist".[9] The New York Times called it "captivating" and described Wood's writing style as "precise, unindulgent, fresh and honest".[10] The novel won a Betty Trask Prize in 2016.[11]
The Sing of the Shore, Wood's second short story collection, was published in 2018.[12][13] The thirteen stories are again set in Cornwall, but now in "a world we recognise",[12] where "current concerns facing the region are given more weight".[14] However, The Guardian noted "a kind of eerie tension" that transforms the stories into "heart-thumping miniature thrillers".[12] The collection was shortlisted for the 2019 Edge Hill Short Story Prize.[15] A story from the collection, 'Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan, Derelict', was selected for The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story.[16]
Wood has also received a Somerset Maugham Award[17] and the Holyer an Gof Award[18] and been longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award,[19] the Dylan Thomas Prize,[20] and the Frank O'Connor Award.[21]
Bibliography
[edit]- Wood, Lucy (2012). Diving Belles.
- Wood, Lucy (2015). Weathering.
- Wood, Lucy (2018). The Sing of the Shore.
References
[edit]- ^ Wood, Lucy (2019-02-02). "Lucy Wood on north Cornwall: 'When gales brew up, there's nowhere to hide'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ a b c Popescu, Lucy (2015-01-16). "Lucy Wood interview: Author of 'Weathering' on how the rural landscape fuels her creativity | The Independent". The Independent. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Diving Belles by Lucy Wood". The Times. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "First fiction roundup – reviews". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Two Irish Writers on the Edge Hill Prize Shortlist". writing.ie. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Sarah Hall wins the BBC National Short Story Award". BBC News. 2013-10-08. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ Perry, Sarah (2015-01-21). "Weathering by Lucy Wood review – a strange and haunting tale". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ East, Ben (2015-02-08). "Weathering review – Lucy Wood's beautifully atmospheric debut". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Weathering by Lucy Wood review – a strange and haunting tale". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "'Weathering', by Lucy Wood". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Betty Trask Prize". Society of Authors. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ a b c Crampton, Caroline (2018-04-25). "The Sing of the Shore by Lucy Wood review – a different view of Cornwall". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ Wagner, Erica (2019-04-10). "Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi review – a modern fairytale". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-18.
- ^ "Taking things littorally". TLS. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Three debuts on Edge Hill Short Story Prize shortlist". The Bookseller. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story. Penguin. 2018. ISBN 978-0241347461.
- ^ "Somerset Maugham Awards". Society of Authors. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Holyer an gof publishers' awards for 2013". gorsedhkernow. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "2017 Longlist Weathering Lucy Wood". Dublin Literary Award. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Youngest ever authors make Dylan Thomas Prize longlist". The Bookseller. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Lucy Wood". Edinburgh International Book Festival. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
