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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... more
New Dates for announcement of Crown Awards long and shortlists
We are delighted by the number of submissions we’ve received, up almost 50% on last year. The number of excellent books means we’ve decided to change the dates of the announcements of the longlist and shortlist so our panels have the... more
Dorothy Dunnett / HWA Short Story Award 2022
We are delighted to announced our short story competition, run in partnership with the Dorothy Dunnett Society is now open for entries! All details and how to enter here. The word limit is a generous 3500 and the entry fee is still £5. Transport us... moreauthor showcase
Laurence OBryan
Laurence O'Bryan has three traditionally published thrillers, almost historical fiction now, as well as a series set during the late Roman Empire, beginning with The Sign of the Blood. The series follows the life of Constantine the Great. The novels cover his rise to power and eventual coronation as the emperor of a unified Roman empire. His rise to power in the city of York (Eboracum) after his father's untimely death was what inspired me to... more
Paul Duffy
Paul Duffy, author of Run with the Hare, Hunt with the Hound (Cynren Press), is one of Ireland’s leading field archaeologists and has directed numerous landmark excavations in Dublin as well as leading projects in Australia, France and the United Kingdom. He has published and lectured widely on this work, and his books include From Carrickfergus to Carcassonne—the Epic Deeds of Hugh de Lacy during the Cathar Crusade (2018) and Ireland and... more
Julie Walker
Julie Walker is a writer whose debut novel 'Bonny & Read' will be published by Hodder & Stoughton 2 August 2022. She has been longlisted for both the Mslexia Novel Prize and for the Bath Novel Award, and was a student on an early Curtis Brown Creative course where she worked on this book. She was born in the North East of England and currently lives in North London, where she is working on her second... more
Vaseem Khan
Vaseem Khan is the author of two award-winning crime series set in India, the Baby Ganesh Agency series set in modern Mumbai, and the Malabar House historical crime novels set in 1950s Bombay. His first book, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020, and is translated into 16 languages. The second in the series won the Shamus Award in the US.... more
