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Marcus Sedgwick


Born
in Kent, England, The United Kingdom
April 01, 1968

Died
November 17, 2022

Website

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Genre
Young Adult, Horror


Marcus Sedgwick was born in Kent, England. Marcus is a British author and illustrator as well as a musician. He is the author of several books, including Witch Hill and The Book of Dead Days, both of which were nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award. The most recent of these nominations rekindled a fascination with Poe that has borne fruit here in (in The Restless Dead, 2007) the form of "The Heart of Another" - inspired by Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." Of his story, Sedgwick says, "This was one of those stories that I thought might be a novel originally but actually was much better suited to the tight form of the short story. I had the initial idea some years ago but was just waiting for the right ingredient to come along. Poe's story, as ...more

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Average rating: 3.68 · 60,347 ratings · 10,305 reviews · 97 distinct works • Similar authors
Midwinterblood
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Series by Marcus Sedgwick

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“If a life can be ruined in a single moment, a moment of betrayal, or violence, or ill luck, then why can a life not also be saved, be worth living, be made, by just a few pure moments of perfection?”
― Marcus Sedgwick, Midwinterblood
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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
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“A story has its purpose and its path. It must be told correctly for it to be understood.”
― Marcus Sedgwick
tags: stories, story, storytelling
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