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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... more
HWA Crowns 2018: The Shortlists
HWA Debut Crown Shortlist 2018 The Optickal Illusion by Rachel Halliburton Populated by a cast of celebrated eighteenth-century painters jockeying for fame and fortune, this delightful tale of high art and low fraud is a celebration of the alchemy... moreThe HWA Crowns Longlist 2018
The HWA Crowns Longlist Thirty six remarkable books will fight it out in the race for the 2018 HWA Crowns, as the longlists for the HWA Crowns 2018 are announced. “Historical Writing is an important part of our culture and also a vital way of... moreauthor showcase
Paul Hill
Paul Hill has been writing history books about Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman warfare for eighteen years. His first solo publication in 2004 The Age of Athelstan - Britain's Forgotten History became a bestseller in a short space of time. Paul has explored the strengths and weaknesses of the western military powers of the medieval period in each of his books, and has recently branched into a long overdue analysis of how one particular crusading... more
Nicola Pryce
Nicola Pryce writes novels set in Cornwall in the late eighteenth century. She trained as a nurse in St Bartholomew's Hospital, has an Open University degree in humanities, and is a qualified library assistant and literacy support volunteer. She lives in the Blackdown Hills in Somerset with her husband and Border Terrier and together they sail the South coast of Cornwall in search of adventure. Her debut novel 'Pengelly's Daughter' was... more
Gill Paul
Gill Paul was born in Glasgow and grew up there apart from an eventful year in the US between the ages of 9 and 10. She studied Medicine at Glasgow University, then English Literature and History (she was a student for a long time), before moving to London to work in publishing. She started her own company producing books for publishers, along the way editing such luminaries as Griff Rhys Jones, John Suchet, John Julius Norwich, Ray Mears and... more
Beth Underdown
Beth Underdown was born in Rochdale in 1987. She studied at the University of York and then the University of Manchester, where she is now a Lecturer in Creative Writing. The Witchfinder’s Sister is her debut novel, and is based on the life of the 1640s witch finder Matthew Hopkins. She first came across him while reading a book about seventeenth-century midwifery. As you do.... more
