Robert Harris wins Walter Scott Prize
British author Robert Harris has won the £25,000 (A$45,167) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for An Officer and a Spy (Arrow), reports the Bookseller. The judges described An Officer...
Catton shortlisted for £25,000 Walter Scott Prize
New Zealand author Eleanor Catton has been shortlisted for the £25,000 (A$44,630) Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for her Booker Prize-winning novel The Luminaries (Granta).The judges said that selecting...
Tan Twan Eng wins Walter Scott Prize
Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng has won the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his second novel The Garden of Evening Mists (Canongate). His win marks the first...
Keneally shortlisted for £25,000 Walter Scott Prize
Australian author Tom Keneally has been shortlisted for the 2013 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his novel The Daughters of Mars (Vintage). Keneally’s novel, which tells the story...