Virginia Bergin (born 1966) is an English writer and poet.

Early life

Bergin grew up in

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, and now lives in

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. She studied psychology and

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Central Saint Martins Central Saint Martins is a public tertiary art school in London, England. It is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London. It offers full-time courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and a variety of shor ...

. In 2017, Bergin won the

Otherwise Award The Otherwise Award, formerly known as the James Tiptree Jr. Award, is an American annual literary prize for works of science fiction or fantasy that expand or explore one's understanding of gender. It was initiated in February 1991 by science f ...

for her

young adult A young adult is generally a person in the years following adolescence. Definitions and opinions on what qualifies as a young adult vary, with works such as Erik Erikson's stages of human development significantly influencing the definition of ...

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

novel ''Who Runs The World?'', which was released in November 2018 in the United States under the title ''The XY''. Bergin also wrote two other young adult science fiction novels in her dystopian ''The Rain'' series: *''The Rain'' (17 July 2014: Macmillan Children's Books ), published in the United States as **''H2O'' (Sourcebooks Fire; October 7, 2014 ) *''The Storm'' (26 February 2015 Macmillan Children's Books ) Bergin also writes poetry, short stories, film and television scripts, such as the 2001 documentary television movie ''The Lost Elephants of Timbuktu'', an episode of ''Natural World'', and interactive courses for

The Open University The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- ...

References

External links

Official website
* Living people English science fiction writers English women non-fiction writers English women novelists 1966 births {{England-novelist-stub