About the author
Helen Macdonald (born 1970) is an English writer and naturalist. They are best known as the author of H is for Hawk, which won the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize and Costa Book Award; in 2016, the book won the Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in France. == Early life == Macdonald was born in 1970, the child of Daily Mirror photojournalist Alisdair Macdonald, and grew up in Surrey. Writing about their childhood for The Guardian in 2018, Macdonald said, "I grew up in Camberley, a Victorian town on the A30 in Surrey. It was made of pine forests, golf courses, elderly army officers with parade ground voices, Conservative clubs and tea dances. In 1975 my parents had bought a little white house in Tekels Park, a private estate near the town centre. It was owned by the Theosophical Society. My parents were journalists and knew nothing of theosophy, but they loved the Park, and I did too. No place has so indelibly shaped my writing life". Macdonald read English at New Hall, Cambridge (now Murray Edwards College) from 1989 to 1992. They then worked in falcon research in Wales and the Gulf States.
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💬 What our editors say about Helen MacDonald's books
“MacDonald’s work is a dense, academically rigorous examination of witchcraft accusations in Central India, relying heavily on extensive ethnographic fieldwork. While it provides a nuanced perspective on gender roles and power…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Witchcraft Accusations from Central India: The Fragmented Urn
“Helen MacDonald delivers a meticulously researched ethnographic account that avoids easy sensationalism, offering instead a complex analysis of societal structures perpetuating witchcraft claims. While academically robust and…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Witchcraft Accusations from Central India: The Fragmented Urn
