# Arabella Edge

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**Arabella Edge** (born in London, England) is a writer and novelist whose first work, *The Company*, received a 2001 [Commonwealth Writers Prize](/source/Commonwealth_Writers_Prize) and was shortlisted for the [Miles Franklin Award](/source/Miles_Franklin_Award).[1]

## Early life

Edge had a French mother and attended the [Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle](/source/Lyc%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7ais_Charles_de_Gaulle) in South Kensington.[2] Edge graduated with an English Literature degree from [Bristol University](/source/Bristol_University).

She moved to [Sydney](/source/Sydney), Australia in 1992 and worked as an editor for several consumer illustrated magazines. Her short tales appeared in the literary illustrated magazines *Westerly* and *Ulitarra.*[3] In 2002 Edge relocated from Sydney to the small township of [Bicheno, Tasmania](/source/Bicheno,_Tasmania) to work on her second novel.[4]

## Major works

Her first novel, *The Company*, was published in 2000 and was a work of [historical fiction](/source/Historical_fiction) based around the wreck of the [*Batavia*](/source/Batavia_(1628_ship)) on its maiden voyage off the [Western Australian](/source/Western_Australia) coast. The book was shortlisted for the 2001 Miles Franklin Award, and won the 2001 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in the Southeast Asia/South Pacific region.[5]

A second novel, *The God of Spring* was published in 2005. Also a work of historical fiction, the novel is set during the [French Revolution](/source/French_Revolution) and based on the life of artist [Théodore Géricault](/source/Th%C3%A9odore_G%C3%A9ricault) as he researches and completes his controversial painting, *[The Raft of the Medusa](/source/The_Raft_of_the_Medusa)*.[6]

Her third novel, also historical fiction, is called *Fields of Ice* and was published in 2011. It follows [Lady Jane Franklin](/source/Lady_Jane_Franklin) and her attempts to raise money to fund a rescue mission for her husband, [Sir John Franklin](/source/Sir_John_Franklin), whose ships [HMS *Erebus*](/source/HMS_Erebus_(1826)) and [HMS *Terror*](/source/HMS_Terror_(1813)) were lost while trying to find the [North West Passage](/source/North_West_Passage).[7]

## Personal life

Edge is married and has one stepdaughter.[3]

## Awards

- 2001 — shortlisted [Miles Franklin Award](/source/Miles_Franklin_Award) for *The Company*
- 2001 — winner [Commonwealth Writers' Prize](/source/Commonwealth_Writers'_Prize) South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best First Book Award for *The Company*
- 2001 — winner Herodotus Awards for Historical Mystery, Best International Book Award[8] for *The Company*

## Selected works

### Novels

- *[The Company: The Story of a Murderer](/source/The_Company:_The_Story_of_a_Murderer)* (2000)
- *The God of Spring* (2005) aka *The Raft*
- *Fields of Ice* (2011)

## References

1. [Austlit - Arabella Edge](http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A11623)

1. Meacham, Steve (12 November 2005). ["The French connection"](https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/the-french-connection-20051112-gdmf2r.html). *Sydney Morning Herald*. Retrieved 14 January 2026.

1. ["*The Company*"](http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/australian/thecompany.html). Perry Middlemiss. 2006. Retrieved 2008-11-26.

1. Edge, Arabella (2006-04-16). ["Arabella Edge: My Tasmania"](https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/ausandpacific/arabella-edge-my-tasmania-474428.html). *The Independent (UK)*. Independent News & media plc. Retrieved 2008-11-26.

1. ["Arabella Edge"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080630082527/http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/the_arts/artists_and_orgs/artists/arabella_edge). Australia Council for the Arts. 2007. Archived from [the original](http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/the_arts/artists_and_orgs/artists/arabella_edge) on 2008-06-30. Retrieved 2008-11-26.

1. Hughes, Juliette (2005-12-13). ["The God of Spring"](http://www.smh.com.au/news/book-reviews/the-god-of-spring/2005/12/13/1134236049517.html). *The Sydney Morning Herald*. Fairfax Ltd. Retrieved 2008-11-26.

1. Edge, Arabella (18 October 2011). [*Fields of Ice*](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005WTORN0?ref=dbs_p2d_P_R_popup_yes_pony_T1). Picador. Retrieved 6 March 2019. – via Amazon.

1. ["2001 Notable Books"](http://www.poisonedpen.com/html/awards2001.html). The Poisoned Pen Awards List. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070818120642/http://www.poisonedpen.com/html/awards2001.html) 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2007-09-15.

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