Lucy Wood (writer)
British short story writer
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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.
- Short story writer
- novelist
Lucy Wood | |
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| Writing career | |
| Notable work | Diving Belles |
| Notable awards | BBC National Short Story Award Runner up (2013) |
Early and personal life
Wood grew up in Cornwall.[1] She got a Master's degree in Creative Writing from Exeter University.[2]
Writing career
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
- Wood, Lucy (2012). Diving Belles.
- Wood, Lucy (2015). Weathering.
- Wood, Lucy (2018). The Sing of the Shore.