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HWA / Dorothy Dunnett Short Story – Longlist Announced
Huge congratulations to all the longlisted writers – 2022 has proved another really strong year for the HWA DDS Short Story Competition with stories which took us from Homeric times to the 1980s. All of the stories long listed are fresh,... more
HWA Crowns Longlist Announcement 28 September
We are all lovers of history, and we are living through a remarkable moment after the death of Her Majesty the Queen and the accession of King Charles. We suspect that our members and readers will want to take some time to watch and think about this... more Dorothy Dunnett / HWA Short Story Award 2022
Our short story competition, run in partnership with the Dorothy Dunnett Society is now closed! Many thanks for all your submissions. The judges are looking forward to reading them all and being transported into the past. The longlist of selected... moreauthor showcase
Louise Morrish
Louise Morrish is a Librarian, and currently works part-time managing a secondary school library in Hampshire. She writes historical fiction inspired by the lives of real women in the past whose stories have been forgotten. Her debut novel, OPERATION MOONLIGHT, won the Penguin Random House First Novel Competition, and was published by Century in July 2022. She lives in Hampshire with her family. In her spare time she loves to trail run,... more
Midge Gillies
Midge Gillies is rarely happier than when she’s in an archive or talking to someone about the past. Her favourite period is World War Two. Her books include biographies of the record-breaking pilot, Amy Johnson (Amy Johnson: Queen of the Air, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003) and the Edwardian music hall star, Marie Lloyd (Marie Lloyd, The One and Only, Gollancz, 1999). Her new book, a history of Piccadilly Circus, will be published by Two... more
Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith is a writer from Glasgow who also works as a family history researcher and creative writing tutor. Before focussing on her writing career, she worked for over 30 years as a project worker and tutor with disability and mental health organisations. She was awarded a New Writers Award for fiction (2019) from Scottish Book Trust and an MLitt (Distinction) in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow (2018). Sarah's debut... more
Alexandra Walsh
Alexandra Walsh was a journalist for over 25 years; writing and editing for many national newspapers and magazines. She worked in television as an associate producer and director, with a brief stint in radio. For a number of years, she wrote television and film scripts before combining her two passions of history and fiction to write The Marquess House Saga, a series of a dual timeline conspiracy thrillers, moving between the present day and... more
