Virginia Bergin
Virginia Bergin (* 1966 in Abingdon , England ) is a British author of end-time novels.
Life
Bergin grew up in Abingdon , Oxfordshire . She studied psychology at Oxford and began studying at the College of Art and Design in London before turning to creative writing. After poetry and short stories, Bergin first wrote several screenplays and TV scripts. Her debut novel Rain - The Deadly Element also initially existed as a script that emerged in the wake of the success of The Hunger Games .
For her third novel Who Runs the World? she was awarded the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for 2017 in 2018 .
Works
- Series H2O / Rain
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H2O (2014, in the UK under the title Rain )
- German: Rain - The deadly element. Fischer, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7335-0072-6 .
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The Storm (2015)
- German: Storm - The Chosen One. Fischer, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7336-0105-8 .
- Single novels
- Who Runs the World? (2017); also titled The XY published
Web links
- Virginia Bergin in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Virginia Bergin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Virginia Bergin Official Website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Virginia Bergin: About me. Retrieved April 14, 2020 (English).
- ↑ The 2017 Otherwise Award , accessed April 15, 2020.
- ↑ Alexis Lothian: A note about the WisCon 42 Tiptree celebrations. In: Otherwise Award. June 4, 2018, accessed April 14, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bergin, Virginia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Abingdon , England |