Marcus Sedgwick





Marcus Sedgwick

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April 01, 1968 in Kent, The United Kingdom

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Marcus Sedgwick (b 1968) was born in Kent, England. Marcus is a British author and illustrator as well as a musician. He used to play for two bands namely playing the drums for Garrett and as the guitarist in an ABBA tribute group. He has published novels such as Floodland (winner of the Branford Boase Award in 2001) and The Dark Horse (shortlisted for The Guardian Children's Book Award 2002).


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There’s a big difference between writing Teen fiction, and writing for teens.I’m only saying this as a preamble to what comes next, which is not meant to be provocative; simply that in the simple distinction above lies, for me, the absolute crux of good writing and bad writing.Yes, I write teen fiction. But I do not write for teens. I write books that get published and are marketed at teens, bu... read more »
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Average rating: 3.62 · 5241 ratings · 1043 reviews · 30 distinct works
The Book of Dead Days (Book...
3.55 of 5 stars 355 avg rating — 909 ratings — published 2004 — 16 editions
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Revolver
3.66 of 5 stars 366 avg rating — 992 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions
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The Foreshadowing
3.78 of 5 stars 378 avg rating — 555 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions
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My Swordhand is Singing (My...
3.65 of 5 stars 365 avg rating — 701 ratings — published 2006 — 12 editions
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White Crow
3.28 of 5 stars 328 avg rating — 445 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions
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The Dark Flight Down (Book ...
3.73 of 5 stars 373 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions
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Blood Red, Snow White
3.82 of 5 stars 382 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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The Dark Horse
3.42 of 5 stars 342 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2002 — 11 editions
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The Kiss of Death (My Sword...
3.78 of 5 stars 378 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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Witch Hill
3.44 of 5 stars 344 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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More books by Marcus Sedgwick…
The Book of Dead Days The Dark Flight Down The Dead Days Omnibus
Book of Dead Days (3 books)
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3.604559748427673 of 5 stars 360 avg rating — 1272 ratings
My Swordhand is Singing The Kiss of Death
My Swordhand is Singing (2 books)
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3.6718938480096504 of 5 stars 367 avg rating — 829 ratings
Flood and Fang Ghosts and Gadgets Lunatics and Luck Magic and Mayhem Diamonds and Doom
The Raven Mysteries (6 books)
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3.853211009174312 of 5 stars 385 avg rating — 109 ratings

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“There's always a third choice in life. Even if you think you're stuck between two impossible choices, there's always a third way. You just have to look for it.”
Marcus Sedgwick, Revolver

“A story has its purpose and its path. It must be told correctly for it to be understood.”
Marcus Sedgwick

“I'm just a girl in a nurse's uniform, but that doesn't mean I know how to save these men, and they- they are men in uniforms, but that doesn't mean they know how to die.”
Marcus Sedgwick, The Foreshadowing

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