Amy Sackville
Amy's first novel was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for the best work of literature by a writer under 35.
Main details
Year graduated
2009
Department
English and Creative Writing
Programme
MA Creative & Life Writing
Occupation
Writer
Country
United Kingdom
Amy Sackville studied at Leeds and Oxford before taking an MA in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths in 2008.
Her first novel, The Still Point, was published in January 2010 by Portobello Books. It was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for a work of literature by a writer under 35, and was also long-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction and the Dylan Thomas Prize. Her second novel, Orkney, was published by Granta Books in spring 2013.
