Bea Fitzgerald

Bea Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald in 2026
Born (1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 (age 30)
EducationUniversity of Reading (BA, 2017)
Years active2018–present
Websitebeafitzgerald.com

Bea Fitzgerald (born 19 August 1996) is an English novelist. Her debut young adult novel Girl, Goddess, Queen (2023) became a Sunday Times bestseller and received a Romantic Novel of the Year Award among other accolades.

Early life

Fitzgerald is from Maldon, Essex. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the University of Reading in 2017.

Career

After graduating from university, Fitzgerald got a marketing job at Scholastic. Fitzgerald then worked as an assistant editor for Hodder & Stoughton. In 2022, she joined the Blair Partnership as a digital agent.

In 2022, Fitzgerald signed her first three-book deal with Penguin Books and Puffin Books, through which she published her debut novel Girl, Goddess, Queen in 2023. The novel is a young adult retelling of the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone. Girl, Goddess, Queen became a Sunday Times bestseller, won a Romantic Novel of the Year Award in the Fantasy category, and was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Fiction, the YA Book Prize, and a Books Are My Bag Readers' Award.

The second and third myth retellings sold in the book deal titled The End Crowns All, a sapphic reimagining of the Trojan War, and A Beautiful Evil, based on the myth of Pandora, followed in 2024 and 2025 respectively. Also in 2024 via a two-book deal with Penguin Michael Joseph (PMJ), Fitzgerald published her first adult thriller novel Then Things Went Dark.

She is a writing coach at The Novelry.

Personal life

Fitzgerald is autistic and identifies as both bisexual and asexual.[non-primary source needed][non-primary source needed]

Bibliography

Young adult

Adult

Accolades

Year Award Category Title Result Ref.
2023 Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards Young Adult Fiction Girl, Goddess, Queen Shortlisted
2024 Waterstones Children's Book Prize Older Fiction Shortlisted
Romantic Novel Awards Fantasy Won
YA Book Prize —| style="background: #FE9; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2"|Shortlisted
2025 The End Crowns All Shortlisted

References

  1. ↑ "Girl, Goddess, Queen: Book Launch & Discussion with Bea Fitzgerald & Faith Young". Maldon Books. 1 July 2023. Archived from the original on 11 June 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  2. ↑ Oldfield, Kate (1 September 2023). "Bea Fitzgerald On Her Hades And Persephone YA Debut, Girl, Goddess, Queen". United by Pop. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Bea Fitzgerald". University of Reading. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Brown, Lauren (14 September 2022). "Hodder's Bea Fitzgerald joins Blair Partnership as digital agent". The Bookseller. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "Penguin bags 'steamy feminist Greek myth reimagining' from debut author Fitzgerald". The Bookseller. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  6. ↑ Xenos, Natalie (18 August 2023). "Book Review: Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald". Culturefly. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  7. ↑ Beam, Emily (19 July 2023). "An ancient Greek myth, retold brilliantly by a TikTok star". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 September 2024.(subscription required)
  8. 1 2 "Meet the Team – Bea Fitzgerald". The Novelry. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald". Romantic Novelists' Association. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  10. 1 2 Spanoudi, Melina (8 February 2024). "Bea Fitzgerald and Pari Thomson shortlisted for £5k Waterstones Children's Book Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  11. 1 2 Fraser, Katie (19 July 2024). "Bea Fitzgerald on her YA Book Prize shortlisted novel, Girl, Goddess, Queen". The Bookseller. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  12. 1 2 "Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2023". National Book Tokens. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  13. ↑ Oldfield, Kate (18 August 2024). "Bea Fitzgerald Shares Her The End Crowns All Inspired Playlist". United by Pop. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  14. ↑ Eddy, Helen (13 January 2025). "The end crowns all by Bea Fitzgerald". Read Plus. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  15. ↑ Spanoudi, Melina (30 October 2023). "Penguin Michael Joseph snares two titles from Girl, Goddess, Queen author Fitzgerald". The Bookseller. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  16. ↑ Dumpleton, Elise (25 August 2024). "Read An Excerpt From 'Then Things Went Dark' by Bea Fitzgerald". The Nerd Daily. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  17. ↑ Carpenter, Caroline (13 July 2026). "YA Book Prize 2026: Bea Fitzgerald discusses A Beautiful Evil". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  18. ↑ "Books, Bea Fitzgerald, and The End Crowns All". Good Reading Magazine. July 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  19. ↑ Bea Fitzgerald (2 June 2024). "Ohh we are starting pride off with the usual biphobic and acephopbic discourse? Okay as your local bi ace author I'm just gonna stay over here and keep writing my very queer books because my queerness is not predicated on your acceptance 😌". Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via Twitter.[dead link]
  20. ↑ Bea Fitzgerald (7 April 2025). "This is messy with rage but it is a rage fueled by my love for my fellow aces 💜🩶🤍🖤 #asexuality". Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via Instagram.
  21. ↑ "Four debuts shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2025 alongside three former winners". The Bookseller. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2026.