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Judges of the HWA Crowns Awards 2021 Announced
We are delighted to have such a brilliant list of writers, book sellers, reviewers, bloggers and champions of historical writing judging the prizes this year. You can find out a bit more about them here, but in brief our huge huge thanks to:... more
The Dorothy Dunnett Society / HWA Short Story Competition 2021
…is now open for entries! First Prize is £500 and publication on Historia, in the magazine of the Dorothy Dunnett Society, The Whispering Gallery, and as part of an anthology with the other shortlisted stories. Closing date is 1st July 2021.... more
The Virtual Crown Awards 2020
Obviously we are very sorry we could not announce the winners of the Debut, Gold and Non-Fiction Crowns in person this year, but you can still join us to see which of these amazing books have emerged victorious on... moreauthor showcase
Andrew Edwards
Andrew Edwards is the co-author of Ghosts of the Belle Époque: A History of the Grand Hotel et des Palmes, Palermo; a biography of Lord Byron's doctor, John Polidori, His Master's Reflection and two literary guides spanning from the Classical era to the present day - Sicily: A Literary Guide for Travellers and Andalucia: A Literary Guide for Travellers. He is also the translator of Alejandro Luque's Borges in Sicily and Federico De Roberto's... more
Rachel Hore
Rachel Hore worked in London publishing for many years before moving with her family to Norwich, Norfolk, where she taught publishing and creative writing at the University of East Anglia before becoming a full-time writer. She is married to the writer D.J. Taylor and they have three grown-up sons. Her latest novel is A BEAUTIFUL SPY, based on the life of Olga Gray, which was published in hardback in February 2021 by Simon & Schuster.... more
Matthew Harffy
Matthew Harffy is the author of the Bernicia Chronicles, an action-packed historical fiction series set during the turbulent times of seventh century Britain. The first, a tale of vengeance and coming of age, is THE SERPENT SWORD. This was followed by THE CROSS AND THE CURSE, BLOOD AND BLADE, KILLER OF KINGS, WARRIOR OF WODEN, STORM OF STEEL and FORTRESS OF FURY. In November 2019, published WOLF OF WESSEX, a new adventure set in the ninth... more
Chris Lloyd
Chris Lloyd is the author of the Eddie Giral crime thriller series, the result of his lifelong interest in resistance and collaboration in Occupied France. Living under the shadow cast by his experiences in World War One, Eddie Giral is a Paris police detective forced to come to terms with the Nazi Occupation of the city. Seeking to negotiate a path between the occupier and the occupied, Eddie struggles to retain some semblance of humanity... more
