Bella Bathurst (born in 1969 in London) [1] is an English writer, photojournalist, and furniture maker. Her novel The Lighthouse Stevensons won the 2000 Somerset Maugham Award. [2] [3]
Bathurst was born in London and presently lives in Scotland. [4] [5] She lost "her hearing in her twenties and then unexpectedly regaining it twelve years later," which she explores in her 2017 book Sound. [6] [7] [8]
Aside from writing, Bathurst has worked as a freelance journalist, photographer, and illustrator. [1] Her writing has appeared in such publications as The Guardian, [9] The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, The Sunday Times, and The Washington Post.
The Lighthouse Stevensons won the 2000 Somerset Maugham Award [2] [3] and was nominated for the 1999 Guardian First Book Award. [5] [10] List Magazine named it one of the "100 Best Scottish Books of all time." [5] Booklist and Publishers Weekly gave the book starred reviews. [11] [12]
Special was longlisted for the Orange Prize. [6]
Sound received starred reviews from Shelf Awareness. [13]
Bella Bathurst (born in 1969 in London) [1] is an English writer, photojournalist, and furniture maker. Her novel The Lighthouse Stevensons won the 2000 Somerset Maugham Award. [2] [3]
Bathurst was born in London and presently lives in Scotland. [4] [5] She lost "her hearing in her twenties and then unexpectedly regaining it twelve years later," which she explores in her 2017 book Sound. [6] [7] [8]
Aside from writing, Bathurst has worked as a freelance journalist, photographer, and illustrator. [1] Her writing has appeared in such publications as The Guardian, [9] The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, The Sunday Times, and The Washington Post.
The Lighthouse Stevensons won the 2000 Somerset Maugham Award [2] [3] and was nominated for the 1999 Guardian First Book Award. [5] [10] List Magazine named it one of the "100 Best Scottish Books of all time." [5] Booklist and Publishers Weekly gave the book starred reviews. [11] [12]
Special was longlisted for the Orange Prize. [6]
Sound received starred reviews from Shelf Awareness. [13]