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Soon to be a major motion picture starring Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson
The instant New York Times bestseller and multiaward-winning sensation, Helen Macdonald’s story of adopting and raising one of nature’s most vicious predators has soared into the hearts of millions of readers worldwide.
Fierce and feral, her goshawk Mabel’s temperament mirrors Helen’s own state of grief after her father’s death, and together raptor and human “discover the pain and beauty of being alive” (People).
H Is for Hawk is a genre-defying debut from one of our most unique and transcendent voices.
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Awards
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Winner of the Earphones Award for Narration
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Winner of the Costa Book Award for Biography
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Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction
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Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
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Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
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Shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize
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A New York Times Bestseller
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A Washington Post Best Audiobook of the Year
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An Audible Best Audiobook of the Year
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A Slate Magazine Pick of Best Books of the Last 25 Years
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A Wired Magazine Pick of Best Nonfiction of the Decade
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A Literary Hub Pick of the 10 Best Memoirs of the Decade
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An Oprah Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year
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A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year
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A Gizmodo Pick of Best Loved Books of the Year
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An Amazon Best Books of the Year Pick
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A Chicago Tribune Book of the Year
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A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year
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About Helen Macdonald
Helen Macdonald is a writer, poet, illustrator, and naturalist and an affiliated research scholar at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of the bestselling H Is for Hawk, as well as a cultural history of falcons, titled Falcon, and three collections of poetry, including Shaler’s Fish. She was a Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge, has worked as a professional falconer, and has assisted with the management of raptor research and conservation projects across Eurasia. She now writes for the New York Times Magazine.