Deborah Harkness

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Deborah Harkness
The Book of Life
Time's Convert
Website
www.deborahharkness.com
External audio
audio icon "Science and the Supernatural in the 17th Century", Deborah Harkness & Jim Voelkel, Science History Institute

Deborah Harkness (born 1965) is an American scholar and novelist, best known as a historian and as the author of the

All Souls Trilogy
.

Early life

Born in 1965, Harkness grew up near

Oxford University. She is a well-regarded historian of science and medicine,[3] as well as having taught courses about the history of magic and science.[4]

Career

Harkness is a professor of history and teaches European history and the history of science

historical non-fiction, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy and the End of Nature (1999) and The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution (2007).[6]

In 2011, Harkness published her first work of fiction,

The book was published on July 15, 2014, in hardback, e-book, and audiobook in the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland.

Harkness at book signing, August 2014

On January 9, 2014, the United States front cover and a two-page excerpt were released to the public on USA Today. On May 12, 2014, chapter 1 was released on Harkness' website.[14] Harkness is also the author of the award-winning wine blog, Good Wine Under $20.

Harkness released a companion book in May 2018 entitled The World of All Souls: The Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy), followed in September 2018 by an All Souls series trilogy prequel/sequel entitled Time's Convert. The book features Marcus Whitmore, Matthew Clairmont's vampire son.[14]

Harkness is an executive producer of BadWolf's eight episode television series based on Harkness' novel, A Discovery of Witches. The series premiered in the UK on Sky One on September 14, 2018, and is now streaming on NOW TV.[15] The international distribution of the series is handled by Sky Vision.[16][17] It was revealed by

The Book of Life.[18] Season 2 (10 episodes) was released in early 2021, and season 3 ( 7 episodes) in early 2022.[19]

Personal life

Harkness currently lives in Southern California where she is a professor of history.[1]

Bibliography

Novels

All Souls

  1. OCLC 635459436
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*Many of the events in Time's Convert take place in the present-day, however a portion of them take place prior to the events of A Discovery of Witches. In other words, Time's Convert acts as a sequel to the trilogy while also containing a prequel component.

Companions

  • The All Souls Real-Time Reading Companion (2015)
  • The World of All Souls: A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and the Book of Life (2018)

Books

Journal articles

Awards

Harkness' faculty profile on the University of Southern California's website also lists the following honors and awards:[2]

  • Highly Commended,
    Longman-History Today Awards
    Book Prize, Spring 2009
  • Recipient of National or International Prize in Discipline, Pfizer Award for Best Book in the History of Science, History of Science Society, Fall 2008
  • Recipient of National or International Prize in Discipline, John Best Snow Prize for Best Book in British Studies, North American Conference on British Studies, Fall 2008
  • Prize for Best Book, Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, Spring 2008
  • Huntington Library Research Fellowship Recipient, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, 2006–2007
  • Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient, John S. Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 2004–2005
  • Residency at the National Humanities Center, National Humanities Center, John E. Sawyer Fellow, 2004–2005
  • NIH/NSF Career Development Award, National Science Foundation Senior Scholar's Award, 2001–2002
  • Recipient of National or International Prize in Discipline, Derek Price Award for Best Article, History of Science Society, 1998
  • American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship Recipient, ACLS Fellowship, 1997–1998
  • Huntington Library Research Fellowship Recipient, NEH Fellowship, Huntington Library, 1997–1998
  • Recipient of National or International Prize in Discipline, Nelson Prize for Best Article, Renaissance Society of America, 1997
  • Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education, 1989–1993
  • Fulbright Award,
    Fulbright Fellowship
    to the United Kingdom, 1991–1992

Notes

  1. ^ a b Timberg, Scott (April 10, 2011). "Deborah Harkness' 'A Discovery of Witches' started with airport bookstores". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Faculty Profile: Deborah Elizabeth Harkness". Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  3. ^ Hernandez-Vogt, Persephone (February 24, 2011). "Discovery of a writer: alum pens a preternatural tale". The Mount Holyoke News. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  4. ^ "Deborah Harkness". USC Dornsife. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  5. ^ "Deborah Harkness: The All Souls Trilogy." (February 10, 2014). <http://deborahharkness.com/about-deborah>
  6. ^ a b c Gressitt, Kit-Bacon (February 20, 2011). "SoCal scholar bounds into the supernatural". North County Times. Archived from the original on August 31, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  7. ^ McGee, Celia (February 2011). "15 Books to Watch for in February 2011". Book Finder. Oprah.com. p. 4. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  8. ^ Meyer, Michal (Fall 2011 – Winter 2012). "Facts and Fictions". Chemical Heritage Magazine. 29 (3): 40–41. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  9. ^ "Best Sellers". The New York Times. February 27, 2011. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  10. ^ Pellegrino, Nicky (April 11, 2011). "Deborah Harkness: Once bitten ..." The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  11. ^ Bennett, Steve (February 12, 2011). "A potent spell cast". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
  12. ^ "Best Sellers – Hardcover Fiction". The New York Times. July 29, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
  13. ^ "Deborah Harkness". www.facebook.com. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Deborah Harkness author of The All Souls Trilogy official website". Deborah Harkness. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  15. ^ "A Discovery of Witches streaming: How to watch A Discovery of Witches online". Archived from the original on September 5, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  16. ^ "Sky Corporate". Sky. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  17. ^ "» A Discovery Of Witches". bad-wolf.com. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  18. ^ @skytv (November 2, 2018). "MAGICAL NEWS: We're absolutely..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ "A Discovery of Witches". IMDB.
  20. ^ Kavey, Allison (Summer 2008). "London Calling". Chemical Heritage Magazine. 26 (2): 44. Archived from the original on March 27, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  21. ^ Inkpot Award

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