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Meet the Judges of the 2020 HWA Crown Awards
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Dorothy Dunnett / HWA Unpublished Short Story Competition
The Competition is NOW OPEN. All writers, published and unpublished are invited to submit an unpublished short story of up to 3500 words set at least 35 years in the past. All genres welcome. Entry £5 (via PayPal). Read more and enter... more
HWA / Sharpe Books Unpublished Novel Award Winners
We’re delighted to announce the winner of the first HWA/Sharpe Books Unpublished Novel Award. She’s Maggie Richell Davies, whose gripping story, The Servant, came first in a very strong field. Once again the judges wish to stress how... moreauthor showcase
Alec Marsh
Alec Marsh is the author of Rule Britannia, a light-hearted historical adventure set against the backdrop of the Abdication Crisis in 1936. It is the first in a series featuring protagonists Drabble and Harris, and was published in October 2019 by Headline Accent. The second novel in the Drabble and Harris series, Enemy of the Raj, which is set in British India in 1937, is due for release in September 2020. Marsh was born in Essex in 1975 and... more
Melanie Backe-Hansen
Melanie Backe-Hansen is an independent historian, writer, and speaker, specialising in the social history of houses across the United Kingdom. The main focus of Melanie’s work involves original research for homeowners and corporate clients to provide bespoke house history books and research reports. Melanie is a research consultant for A House Through Time (BBC Two) and to accompany the popular series, Melanie has co-written A House Through... more
John Paul Davis
John Paul Davis is the International Bestselling author of eleven thriller novels and four works of historical non-fiction. His debut work, Robin Hood: The Unknown Templar, has been the subject of international attention, including articles in The Sunday Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Yorkshire Post and Nottingham Evening Post, mentions in USA Today and The Independent and reviews in the Birmingham Post and Medieval History Journal. His second... more
Andrea Zuvich
Andrea Zuvich (b. 1985) is an independent seventeenth-century historian and anthropologist specialising in the House of Stuart (1603-1714). Zuvich obtained degrees in History and Anthropology at the University of Central Florida and is the host of the popular 'The Seventeenth Century Lady' blog. An active user of Twitter since 2009 (as @17thCenturyLady) she created the well-received #StuartsSaturday hashtag. Zuvich is also a historical... more
