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HWA / Sharpe Books Unpublished Novel Award 2020
The judging for the award is in its final stages, and the longlist and shortlists will be announced before the end of February 2020. We have been delighted and impressed by the quality of work submitted and the judges have some tough decisions to... more
HWA CROWN AWARDS 2019
We are delighted to share the shortlists and winners of the 2019 Crowns, with thanks to all our judges, and our sponsor Sharpe Books. ... more
HWA Crown Awards 2018: The Winners
Historian and Broadcaster Kate Williams presented the Historical Writers’ Association Crown Awards for 2018 at a party at Swedenborg Hall in Bloomsbury. The winner of the Debut Crown for 2018 was Estoril by Dejan Tiago-Stankovic, the Non-Fiction... moreauthor showcase
Nikki Marmery
Nikki worked for many years as a financial journalist, editing Credit Magazine from 2004-2007 and FX Week from 2000-2004. She has a degree in history from the University of Nottingham and is a Faber Academy alumna. On Wilder Seas is her first novel, coming out in the UK on March 16, 2020 with Legend Press. Inspired by the true story of Maria, the woman who sailed on the Golden Hind during Francis Drake’s circumnavigation voyage, it is the... more
Isabel Stilwell
Isabel Stilwell is a Portuguese journalist and writer. The historical novel on queen Filipa de Lencastre, published in 2007, changed her professional life, due to its astounding success, with more than 55 thousand copies sold. Since then Isabel has written six other historical novels on other queens of Portugal, including Catherine of Braganza, with an overall of 250 thousand copies sold. “Philippa of Lancaster — English princess,... more
Marilyn Pemberton
Marilyn Pemberton retired from being a full-time IT Project Manager in October 2019. She started work straight after her A-levels but at the age of 40 she decided she wanted to exercise the right side of her brain and so commenced a part-time BA in English literature at Warwick University. This progressed to an MA and then to a PhD on the utopian & dystopian aspects of Victorian fairy tales. After giving a paper at a conference she was... more
Angela Buckley
Angela Buckley is a historian specialising in Victorian crime and police history. Her first book, The Real Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Story of Jerome Caminada, was inspired by her family’s roots in Manchester. Her second book, Amelia Dyer and the Baby Farm Murders, was the first in a new historical true crime series, Victorian Supersleuth Investigates. The next in the series is Who Killed Constable Cock? – a real-life murder case with an... more
