Marcus Sedgwick was a British writer, illustrator, and musician. He has published novels such as Floodland and The Dark Horse. He authored several picture books and illustrated a collection of myths and a book of folk tales for adults.
What was Marcus Sedgwick’s first book?
Marcus began to write seriously in 1994, and his first book, Floodland, was published by Orion in 2000 and won the Branford-Boase award for best debut children’s novel.
The first U.S. edition of his 2011 novel Midwinterblood won the 2014 Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association as the preceding year’s “best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit”
When Sedgwick was 20 years old, his father died.[6] In addition to drawing and writing, Sedgwick plays the drums, and he was an avid music lover. Some of his favorite writers include Susan Cooper, Thomas Mann, and Arthur Schnitzler. Sedgwick has won numerous awards for his writing