Evelyn Rose Strange "Evie" Wyld FRSL (born 16 June 1980) is an Anglo-Australian author. Her first novel, After the Fire, A Still Small Voice, won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 2009, and her second novel, All the Birds, Singing, won the Encore Award in 2013 and the Miles Franklin Award in 2014. Her third novel, The Bass Rock, won the Stella Prize in 2021.[1]
Evie Wyld | |
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| Born | 16 June 1980 London, England |
| Alma mater | Bath Spa University Goldsmiths, University of London |
| Notable awards | John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (2009) Encore Award (2013) Miles Franklin Award (2014) Stella Prize (2021) |
| Spouse |
Jamie Coleman (m. 2013) |
| Website | |
| eviewyld | |
Early life and education
editBorn in London in 1980,[2] Evie Wyld grew up on her grandparents' sugar cane farm in New South Wales, Australia, although she spent most of her adult life in Peckham, south London. In The Guardian she recounts how as a child she suffered from viral encephalitis.[3]
She obtained a BA from Bath Spa University and an MA from Goldsmiths, University of London, both in Creative Writing.
Literary career
editWyld is the author of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and Betty Trask Award-winning novel After the Fire, A Still Small Voice[4] and All the Birds, Singing. In 2010 she was listed by The Daily Telegraph as one of the 20 best British authors under the age of 40.[5] In 2011 she was listed by the BBC's Culture Show as one of the 12 Best New British Writers.[6] In 2013 she was included on the once a decade Granta Best of Young British Novelists List.[7] Her novels have been shortlisted for the Costa Novel Prize,[8] The Miles Franklin Award,[9] the Commonwealth Writers Prize,[10] the Orange Award for New Writers,[11] the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award,[12] The Sky Arts Breakthrough Award,[13] the James Tait Black Prize[14] and The Author's Club Prize,[15] and longlisted for the Stella Prize[16] and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.[17]
She took over from Nii Parkes as Booktrust's online "Writer in Residence" in 2010,[18] before passing the baton on to Polly Dunbar.[19]
Her second novel, All the Birds, Singing, was published in February 2013 and concerns an Australian sheep farmer working on an English hill farm.[20] The book won the 2014 Miles Franklin Award in June 2014.[21]
Her third novel, The Bass Rock, was published by Jonathan Cape on March 26, 2020. Set in Scotland, it explores the lives of three women living in different centuries and the ways their lives are impacted by masculinity and male violence.[22]
Her fourth novel, The Echoes, was published by Jonathan Cape in August 2024.[23] Set in Wangkatha Country in Western Australia and in London, it uses a ghostly narrator and multiple time shifts to consider themes of love, trauma and history.[24] Some early reviews were positive,[25] while others questioned Wyld's treatment of First Nations history, the Stolen Generations, and Australia's colonial past.[26][27]
Personal life
editWyld currently lives in Brixton and works at an independent bookshop in Peckham.[28][29] She married literary agent Jamie Coleman in July 2013.[30]
Awards and honours
edit- 2013 Granta list of 20 best young writers[7]
- 2013 Costa Book Awards (Novel) shortlisted for All the Birds, Singing[8]
- 2013 Encore Award winner for All the Birds, Singing[31]
- 2014 Miles Franklin Award winner for All the Birds, Singing
- 2014 European Union Prize for Literature, UK, All the Birds, Singing[32]
- 2018 elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in its "40 Under 40" initiative[33]
- 2021 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction shortlisted for The Bass Rock[34]
- 2021 Stella Prize winner for The Bass Rock[35]
- 2022 Barbara Jefferis Award shortlisted for The Bass Rock[36]
Bibliography
editShort stories
edit- "What will happen to the dog after we are dead?" (published in Goldfish: An Anthology of Writing from Goldsmiths)[37]
- "The Convalescent's Handbook" (online Archived 30 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine) first published in Sea Stories, an anthology from the National Maritime Museum[37]
- "The Building Opposite" (appeared in 3:AM Magazine anthology London, New York, Paris)[37]
- "The Whales" (online) from Booktrust
- "Menzies Meat" (online)
- "Free Swim" (online Archived 29 November 2009 at archive.today)
- "Six Degrees of Separation" (online Archived 15 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine)
Novels
edit- After the Fire, A Still Small Voice (2009), winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and a Betty Trask Award.[38]
- All The Birds, Singing (2013)
- The Bass Rock (2020)
- The Echoes (2024)
References
edit- ^ "The Bass Rock". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on 28 August 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "3:AM Top 5: Evie Wyld – 3:AM Magazine". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ Wyld, Evie (26 June 2010). "Once upon a life: Evie Wyld". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Error Page | BookTrust". www.booktrust.org.uk. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ Bradbury, Lorna (18 June 2010), "Are these Britain’s best 20 novelists under 40?" Archived 15 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine, The Telegraph.
- ^ The Culture Show Archived 16 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, BBC Two.
- ^ a b "Archive Access". Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ a b Brown, Mark (26 November 2013). "Costa book awards 2013: late author on all-female fiction shortlist". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ "News". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ "Evie Wyld | British Council Literature". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ Allen, Katie (13 April 2010), "Wyld picked for Orange New Writers prize" Archived 21 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, The Bookseller.
- ^ "Saltwire | Newfoundland & Labrador". Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
- ^ "Watch the latest Sky TV shows or download on the Go". Sky.com. 16 May 2022. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Shortlists for book awards are revealed" Archived 24 April 2024 at the Wayback Machine, The Herald, 19 May 2014.
- ^ Allen, Katie (15 February 2010), "Wyld up for Authors' Club prize" Archived 21 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, The Bookseller.
- ^ "The Longlist 2014 Stella Prize" Archived 20 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Stella.
- ^ Wood, Gaby (7 March 2014), "Baileys Women's Prize 2014: A thriving longlist announced" Archived 21 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine, The Telegraph.
- ^ "Home". NATE. Archived from the original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "Evie Wyld" Archived 1 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Previous Writers in Residence, BookTrust.
- ^ Williams, Charlotte (6 October 2011), Jonathan Cape buys second Wyld novel" Archived 18 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The Bookseller.
- ^ Raschella, Adrian (26 June 2014). "Miles Franklin Literary Award: Author Evie Wyld wins for her book All The Birds Singing". ABC News. Archived from the original on 29 December 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ^ Jordan, Justine (21 March 2020). "The Bass Rock by Evie Wyld review – a fearless vision of toxic masculinity". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Cummins, Anthony (22 July 2024). "The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – a jigsaw puzzle portrait of buried family secrets". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Morrison, Fiona (19 August 2024). "Love and trauma resound and rebound in Evie Wyld's The Echoes". The Conversation. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ Harrison, Melissa (18 July 2024). "The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – ghosts of the past". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Old haunts". Meanjin. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ Columnist, Guest (27 August 2024). "The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – exquisite and frustrating". Big Issue. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "8 Questions for Evie Wyld". Archived from the original on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ "Award-winning author Evie Wyld was Booktrust's third online writer in residence". Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- ^ Steffens, Daneet (17 June 2013). "Evie Wyld, take two". The Bookseller. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "2013 Winner". Encore Award. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ European Commission. "Winners of 2014 European Union Prize for Literature announced at Frankfurt Book Fair - Press Release". Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ Flood, Alison (28 June 2018). "Royal Society of Literature admits 40 new fellows to address historical biases". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2021 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on 24 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "Evie Wyld wins the 2021 Stella Prize". ArtsHub. 22 April 2021. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Barbara Jefferis Award 2022 shortlist announced". Books+Publishing. 22 August 2022. Archived from the original on 23 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Mulcahy Conway Associates Ltd". Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
- ^ "The Betty Trask Prize and Awards". Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
External links
edit- Official site
- Twitter site
- Interview: Evie Wyld : Working Writers Archived 6 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Savidge Reads Grills… Evie Wyld
- 11 May 2008|Interviews|Evie Wyld from Granta
- Interview on YouTube about short story writing