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Join us for the virtual Crown Awards

Obviously we are very sorry we will not be able to 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 as a youtube premiere! Go to...  more

The Dorothy Dunnett Society / HWA Short Story Competition 2020 Final Results

And here are the final results. First Prize The Race by Alice Fowler The Race had us rooting for it from the starting line. The use of the race to discuss social issues and racism is sheer brilliance and the author’s mastery building atmosphere...  more

The Dorothy Dunnett Society / HWA Short Story Competition 2020 Shortlist

The Dorothy Dunnett Society / HWA Short Story Competition 2020 We are very excited to share the news! We have a shortlist. Many congratulations to the writers of these magnificent stories, and to all the longlisted authors. The Shortlist Lakshmi...  more

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Historical Writers Association member - Chris Bishop
Bloodlines by HWA member Chris Bishop

Chris Bishop

Chris Bishop was born in London in 1951. After a successful career as a Chartered Surveyor, he retired to concentrate on writing, combining this with his lifelong interest in history. He is the author of a series entitled The Shadow of the Raven, which is set at the time of Alfred the Great. Book One, Blood and Destiny was published in 2017, Book Two, The Warrior with the Pierced Heart in 2018, The Final Reckoning in 2019 and Bloodlines...  more
Historical Writers Association member - Richard Hopton
A Reluctant Hero: The Life of Captain Robert Ryder, VC by HWA member Richard Hopton

Richard Hopton

I am a British author and journalist. My most recent book, The Straits of Treachery (Allison & Busby, 2020), is my first novel. It won the Society of Army Historical Research’s Fiction Prize for 2020. A tale of war, treachery and divided loyalties, it is set in Messina, Sicily, in 1810 during the turbulent years of the Napoleonic Wars. Previously, I have published three works of non-fiction. A Reluctant Hero: The Life of Captain...  more
Historical Writers Association member - Kate Werran
An American Uprising in Second World War England: Mutiny in the Duchy by HWA member Kate Werran

Kate Werran

After reading history at Oxford University, Kate wrote for local and national newspapers before switching to television where she worked for one of Britain's leading independent documentary makers. Here she produced critically acclaimed 20th Century history programmes about subjects ranging from Churchill's 'war' with his generals, the death of Diana and the Abdication Crisis to films about the Falklands conflict, the Miners' Strike and Live Aid...  more
Historical Writers Association member - Graham Brack
Death in Delft by HWA member Graham Brack

Graham Brack

I write crime fiction set in the Dutch Golden Age featuring a reluctant detective who is a lecturer in moral philosophy at the University of Leiden. (I also have a series set in Prague in the near present day.) The lure of the 17th century to me is that it is a time that begins to approximate to our own.  The language is not that different, there is a definite urban class and many of the structures that we know now - universities and types...  more
Historical Writers Association member - Selwyn Parker
Coin of the Kingdom by HWA member Selwyn Parker

Selwyn Parker

I’m an award-winning journalist and author of a dozen books, mainly about history, and a pianist. Right now, I’m working on a book of historical fiction about aerial combat in World War One that will be out in early 2021. My latest book is the historical novel Coin of the Kingdom (Amazon), first of a trilogy that is set in England and France in the turbulent period of the early 1100s and pits the conniving Henry 1 against Louis VI,...  more

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