So chuffed to have been shortlisted in the YA category for Seek, a post-WW2 story about the pursuit of Nazis fleeing down the Ratlines from the Vatican to Argentina #historicalfiction #hnsfirstchapterscompetition

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📚 Thrilled that my novel, COMMITTED, has shortlisted in this contest (17th-19th century category) 🎉

My main character, Anna, is a fighter and I'm fighting to get her story in front of readers' eyeballs!

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CONGRATULATIONS to the writers who have been selected for the CATEGORY SHORT LISTS in the 2026 HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY’S First Chapters Competition! Visit hns2026.com for the full lists
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Thrilled my work-in-progress is shortlisted, in the 'Biographical Historical Fiction' category, for HNS's 2026 First Chapters Competition. Many thanks to the judges & organisers - and congratulations to everyone shortlisted!💫🎉 #hns2026 #historicalfiction #hnsfirstchapterscompetition

My story Un|Common Thread has been shortlisted in the Historical Novel Society (17th to 19th century category) First Pages Competition. I’m so thrilled that this story has reached the judge’s hearts

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A little bit about my historical novel in progress, #Manumission.

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Thanks so much to the judges who have selected my novel in progress for the Historical Adventure category in the #HNSFirstChaptersCompetition.

#Manumission is set in the years following the global pandemic that ancient historians call the Antonine pandemic.

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Some news to share:

Sorcerer Street, my new unpublished Elizabethan mystery/thriller, has been short-listed for the 2024 HNS First Chapters Competition!

Yay!!!!

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