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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
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
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
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
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
