Francesca Segal


Francesca Segal is a British author and journalist. She is best known for her debut novel, The Innocents, which won several book awards.

Life and career

She was raised in a Jewish community in northwest London where she still lives today. She is the daughter of American author, Erich Segal.
Segal studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford before becoming an author and journalist. Her writing has been published in many places including The Guardian, American Vogue, British Vogue, The Observer, and the Financial Times.
Her first novel, The Innocents was published in 2012 and is based in a Jewish community, similar to the one in which she grew up in. It won several awards and was also longlisted for the 2013 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.
Segal's second novel, The Awkward Age was published in May 2017. Her third book, Mother Ship, is a memoir released in June 2019. It follows Segal in the aftermath of the premature birth of her twin daughters and their time spent in hospital.

Awards

YearWorkAwardCategoryResultRef
2012The InnocentsCosta Book AwardFirst NovelWon
2012The InnocentsNational Jewish Book Award—Won
2013The InnocentsBaileys Women's Prize for Fiction—
2013The InnocentsBetty Trask Prize and AwardsBetty Trask AwardWon
2013The InnocentsHarold U. Ribalow Prize—Won
2013The InnocentsSami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature—Won

Biblio

Novels

  • The Innocents
  • ''The Awkward Age''

    Memoir

  • ''Mother Ship''