Beth Lincoln
Beth Lincoln is an English children's writer. Her debut mystery novel The Swifts became a #1 New York Times bestseller and won a Nero [Book Award] among other accolades.
Early life
Lincoln is from Durham and grew up in a former railway station house nearby. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the University of Sussex in 2014 and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Newcastle University in 2015.Career
Lincoln's first publication was a Hobbit- inspired short story in her village's parish magazine. Lincoln was a 2017 Penguin Random House WriteNow mentee, where she worked on her debut novel, then under the working title A Plural of Swifts.In 2021, Puffin Books acquired the rights to publish Lincoln's debut middle-grade mystery novel The Swifts in 2023. Also released as The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels, it became a #1 New York Times bestseller in the Middle Grade Paperback category. The Swifts won a Nero Book Award and Barnes & Noble Children's and YA Book Awards in the Overall and Young Reader categories, and was shortlisted for a Waterstones [Children's Book Prize] and the Branford Boase Award. It was also an American Booksellers Association Indies Introduce pick. Puffin would acquire two further titles in the series, published in 2024 and 2026 respectively.