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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... moreauthor showcase
Rob McInroy
Rob McInroy is a novelist and short story writer living in East Yorkshire but hailing from Perthshire, where most of his writing is set, spanning a period from the 1920s to the 2010s. His first novel, Cuddies Strip, was published by Ringwood Publishing in 2020. It tells the real-life story of the murder of a young man and rape of a young woman on the Cuddies Strip, a lovers’ lane on the outskirts of Perth, in 1935. The protagonist, PC... more
Mara Timon
Mara Timon's debut novel, City of Spies, was published by Zaffre Books in 2020. . Mara is a native New Yorker and self-acclaimed Citizen of the World, who began a love affair with London more than 20 years ago. She began writing short stories as a child but moved to novels when a BBC history programme caught her interest. City of Spies is set in Lisbon, 1943. When her cover is blown, Special Operations Executive agent Elisabeth de... more
Kate Morrison
Kate Morrison's debut novel, A Book of Secrets, was published in 2019 by Jacaranda Books and longlisted for the Historical Writers Association Debut Crown Awards 2020 and the Diverse Book Awards 2020. She received an Arts Council grant to complete the novel in 2012 and was mentored by Ros Barber (author of The Marlowe papers). While researching A Book of Secrets she was affiliated as a visiting scholar with the Book, Text, and Place 1500-1700... more
Tom Williams
I used to write books for business, covering everything from the gambling industry to new developments in printing technology. Now I write about love and adventure in the 19th century, which is not nearly as well paid, but much more fun. It also allows me to pretend that travelling in the Far East and South America is research. My main interest is avoiding doing any honest work and this leaves me with time to ski, skate and dance tango. The... more
