Amy Sackville (born 1981) is a British writer whose

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'' The Still Point'' was the winner of the 2010

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. Sackville studied English and theatre studies at

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, followed by an MPhil at

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's Exeter College before taking a job in the publishing industry. She also studied an MA in creative writing at London's

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. Her first novel, ''The Still Point'', was published in 2010 and nominated for that year's Orange Prize for Fiction. Her second novel, ''Orkney'', won a Somerset Maugham Award in 2014. Her third novel, ''Painter to the King'', about Diego Velázquez and the court of

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was published in 2018. In June 2018 Sackville was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in its "40 Under 40" initiative.

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'Point and Counterpoint'
review of ''The Still Point'' in ''

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'' Living people 1981 births British writers John Llewellyn Rhys Prize winners Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature {{UK-writer-stub