HWA Crown Awards2021

Given by Historical Writers' Association

Other Names: HWA Sharpe Books Gold Crown
36 Works 9,999 Books 449 Reviews ½ 3.7

Historical Writers Awards - Debut, Nonfiction & Gold for Fiction

Stages:
All, Winner (18), Shortlist (108), Longlist (215)
Categories:
All, Debut (71), Gold (71), Non-Fiction (72), Shortlist (1)
Years:
All, 2023 (35), 2022 (36), 2021 (36), 2020 (36), 2019 (36), 2018 (36)

Winner 3

WorkCategoryYear
Sin Eater by Megan CampisiDebut2021
The Unwanted Dead by Chris LloydGold2021
Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941 by Alan AllportNon-Fiction2021

Shortlist 18

WorkCategoryYear
Sin Eater by Megan CampisiDebut2021
Tsarina by Ellen AlpstenDebut2021
Strange Adventures Of H by Sarah BurtonDebut2021
Eight Detectives by Alex PavesiDebut2021
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah PennerDebut2021
People of Abandoned Character by Clare WhitfieldDebut2021
The Unwanted Dead by Chris LloydGold2021
V for Victory by Lissa EvansGold2021
Arrowood and the Thames Corpses by Mick FinlayGold2021
The Silver Collar by Antonia HodgsonGold2021
Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd-RobinsonGold2021
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart TurtonGold2021
Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941 by Alan AllportNon-Fiction2021
The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World by Linda ColleyNon-Fiction2021
The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed by Wendy LowerNon-Fiction2021
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les PayneNon-Fiction2021
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World by Amy StanleyNon-Fiction2021
Ellis Island : A People's History by Małgorzata SzejnertNon-Fiction2021

Longlist 36

WorkCategoryYear
Sin Eater by Megan CampisiDebut2021
Tsarina by Ellen AlpstenDebut2021
Strange Adventures Of H by Sarah BurtonDebut2021
Eight Detectives by Alex PavesiDebut2021
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah PennerDebut2021
People of Abandoned Character by Clare WhitfieldDebut2021
Bronte's Mistress by Finola AustinDebut2021
The Puritan Princess by Miranda MalinsDebut2021
Imperfect Alchemist by Naomi MillerDebut2021
Edge of the Grave by Robbie MorrisonDebut2021
The Company Daughters by Samantha RajaramDebut2021
The Long, Long Afternoon by Inga VesperDebut2021
The Unwanted Dead by Chris LloydGold2021
V for Victory by Lissa EvansGold2021
Arrowood and the Thames Corpses by Mick FinlayGold2021
The Silver Collar by Antonia HodgsonGold2021
Daughters of Night by Laura Shepherd-RobinsonGold2021
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart TurtonGold2021
Spirited by Julie CohenGold2021
Tell Me How It Ends by V.B. GreyGold2021
Cathedral by Ben HopkinsGold2021
Jackie and Maria by Gill PaulGold2021
Light Perpetual by Francis SpuffordGold2021
The Last Protector by Andrew TaylorGold2021
Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941 by Alan AllportNon-Fiction2021
The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World by Linda ColleyNon-Fiction2021
The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed by Wendy LowerNon-Fiction2021
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les PayneNon-Fiction2021
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World by Amy StanleyNon-Fiction2021
Ellis Island : A People's History by Małgorzata SzejnertNon-Fiction2021
Crucible of Hell: The Heroism and Tragedy of Okinawa, 1945 by Saul DavidNon-Fiction2021
The Paper Chase: The Printer, the Spymaster, and the Hunt for the Rebel Pamphleteers by Joseph HoneNon-Fiction2021
Double Lives: A History of Working Motherhood by Helen McCarthyNon-Fiction2021
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard OvendenNon-Fiction2021
A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J. B. S. Haldane by Samanth SubramanianNon-Fiction2021
The Interest: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery by Michael TaylorNon-Fiction2021

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