Beth Lincoln

Lincoln is from Durham^[2] and grew up in a former railway station house nearby. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English literature from the University of Sussex in 2014 and a Master of Arts (MA) in Creative Writing from Newcastle University in 2015.^[3]

Lincoln's first publication was a Hobbit- inspired short story in her village's parish magazine.^[4] Lincoln was a 2017 Penguin Random House WriteNow mentee, where she worked on her debut novel, then under the working title A Plural of Swifts.^[5]

In 2021, Puffin Books acquired the rights to publish Lincoln's debut middle-grade mystery novel The Swifts in 2023.^[6][7] Also released as The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels, it became a #1 New York Times bestseller in the Middle Grade Paperback category.^[8] The Swifts won a Nero Book Award and Barnes & Noble Children's and YA Book Awards in the Overall and Young Reader categories, and was shortlisted for a Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Branford Boase Award. It was also an American Booksellers Association Indies Introduce pick.^[9] Puffin would acquire two further titles in the series, published in 2024 and 2026 respectively.^[10][11]

Lincoln is queer^[12] and uses she/they pronouns.^[13]

• The Swifts (2023)
• The Swifts: A Gallery of Rogues (2024)
• The Swifts: A Garden of Vipers (2026)