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HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition – Longlist Announcement Today
Watch this space! We’ll be announcing the longlist between 3.30 and 4.00 PM today. And here they are: http://historicalwriters.org/hwadds2020longlist ... more
202 Crown Longlists Announced
The 36 books chosen for the HWA Crowns Longlists have been announced! Read all the details here: http://www.historiamag.com/hwa-crowns-longlists-2020/ Congratulations to all the fabulous writers and publishers and huge, huge thanks to all our... more Crown Longlists
The longlists for the Crown Awards will be announced on 12th September. Catch up on the latest on our Awards page. ... moreauthor showcase
RN Morris
R.N. (Roger) Morris's latest book is Fortune's Hand, a novel about Sir Walter Raleigh. He is also the author of The St. Petersburg Mysteries, a series of novels featuring Porfiry Petrovich, the investigating magistrate from Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Set in nineteenth century Russia, the novels are A Gentle Axe, A Vengeful Longing, A Razor Wrapped in Silk and The Cleansing Flames. His more recent books are set in London immediately... more
Jennifer Macaire
Jennifer Macaire lives with her husband, three children, & various dogs & horses in France. She loves reading, chocolate, biking, and hiking. She grew up in upstate New York, Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. She graduated from St. Peter and Paul high school in St. Thomas and moved to NYC where she modeled for five years for Elite. She met her husband at the polo club. All that is true. But she mostly likes to make up... more
Emily Bullock
Emily won the Bristol Short Story Prize with the story ‘My Girl’, which was also broadcast on BBC Radio 4. She worked in film before pursuing writing full time. She has an MA in 19th Century Literature from King's College, London, and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia and completed her PhD at the Open University, where she teaches Creative Writing. Her debut novel, The Longest Fight was shortlisted for the Cross... more
Ellee Seymour
Ellee has been commissioned by Bonnier Books to write a series of three WW1 books under their Zaffre imprint, inspired by true stories with a royal theme. The first title will be published in June 2022. Ellee is represented by Hannah Weatherill at Northbank Talent and Literary Agency. Ellee’s book The Shop Girls, a memoir of life at an elegant ladies department store in Cambridge during the 1940s-60s, was a Sunday Times best read for... more
