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HWA Crowns 2018: The Shortlists
HWA Debut Crown Shortlist 2018 The Optickal Illusion by Rachel Halliburton Populated by a cast of celebrated eighteenth-century painters jockeying for fame and fortune, this delightful tale of high art and low fraud is a celebration of the alchemy... moreThe HWA Crowns Longlist 2018
The HWA Crowns Longlist Thirty six remarkable books will fight it out in the race for the 2018 HWA Crowns, as the longlists for the HWA Crowns 2018 are announced. “Historical Writing is an important part of our culture and also a vital way of... more
HWA Crowns 2017
The HWA are delighted to announce the winners of their 2017 Crowns. Kate Williams, historian, novelist, and broadcaster, was the host for the evening which was held at the Crypt on the Green, Clerkenwell, London. Over 100 publishers,... moreauthor showcase
Karen Maitland
Karen Maitland is fascinated by the murder and magic of the Middle Ages. She has written eight dark historical thrillers – Company of Liars, The Owl Killers, The Gallows Curse, Falcons of Fire & Ice, The Vanishing Witch, The Raven’s Head and The Plague Charmer. Her most recent novel is A Gathering of Ghosts, set in 1316 in the wilds of Dartmoor during the Great Famine. She is published by Penguin and Headline UK. Her novella, Liars... more
Karen Lee Street
KAREN LEE STREET is a British/ American dual national currently living in Australia. She is the author of a mystery trilogy that pairs Edgar Allan Poe and ur-detective C. Auguste Dupin. Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster (Oneworld, 2016) is her debut novel, set in 1840 London, with flashbacks to the reign of the infamous London Monster who slashed the dresses and derrieres of over fifty women from 1788 - 1790. Book II, Edgar Allan Poe and... more
Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Laura Shepherd-Robinson was born in Bristol in 1976. She has a BSc in Politics from the University of Bristol and an MSc in Political Theory from the London School of Economics. Laura worked in politics for nearly twenty years before re-entering normal life to complete an MA in Creative Writing at City University. She is a historical crime author. Her debut novel, BLOOD & SUGAR, will be published by Mantle Books (Pan-Macmillan) in... more
Sean McGlynn
Sean McGlynn is the author of three critically acclaimed books: Blood Cries Afar: The Forgotten Invasion of England 1216 (2011; expanded 2nd edn 2015 with new subtitle, The Magna Carta War and the Invasion of England, 1215-17); By Sword and Fire: Cruelty and Atrocity in Medieval Warfare (2008; also in Spanish and Czech translations); and Kill Them All! Cathars and Carnage in the Albigensian Crusade (2015; expanded 2nd edn 2018). He refers to... more
