2014 Ian Sansom Sarah Churchwell Marcus Sedgwick Georgina Harding Andrew Lycett Sue Gee Sophie Hannah Alexander McCall Smith Robert Colls Philip Davis 2013 Diane Atkinson M J Hyland Ben Hatch Lorna Gibb Alex Preston Evie Wyld Louise Doughty Sue Prideaux 2012 Aminatta Forna Kathleen Jones Liz Calder Jane Harris John Stubbs Jeremy Page Jim Kelly Julia Jones Anne Sebba www.iansansom.net http://www.uea.ac.uk/s-churchwell http://www.marcussedgwick.com/ http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/georgina-harding/ http://www.andrewlycett.co.uk/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sue_gee http://www.sophiehannah.com/ http://www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/robert_colls Centre for Research into Reading www.dianeatkinson.co.uk www.mjhyland.com Twitter: @BenHatch www.lornagibb.com www.alexhmpreston.com Twitter: @eviewyld www.louisedoughty.com www.sueprideaux.com www.aminattaforna.com www.kathleenjones.co.uk www.fullcircle-editions.co.uk www.janeharris.com See Reprobates: The Cavaliers of the English Civil War www.jeremypage.co.uk www.jim-kelly.co.uk www.golden-duck.co.uk www.annesebba.com Page 1 of 5
2011 Valerie Grove Chris Mullin Wendy Moore Marcus Scriven Katie Ward Edward Vallance Catherine Horwood Marina Lewycka Alexandra Harris 2010 Claire Harman Humphrey Hawksley Jenni Diski Patricia Duncker Hilary Mantel Jenny Uglow Margaret Drabble Sally Festing Brian Keenan Selina Hastings Frances Spalding 2009 John Crace Alison Weir Charlotte Mendelson Nicola Beauman Blake Morrison Frances Fyfield David Lodge John Hatcher Eleanor Bron www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/valerie_grove www.chrismullinexmp.com www.wendymoore.org www.blacksheeparistocrats.com www.katieward.co.uk www.edwardvallance.wordpress.com www.gardeningwomen.typepad.com/catherine_horwood www.marinalewycka.com www.alexandraharris.co.uk www.claireharman.com www.humphreyhawksley.com www.jennydiski.co.uk www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth33 www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth67 www.jennyuglow.com www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth31 www.sallyfesting.info www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/brian_keenan_(writer) www.selinahastings.com www.francesspalding.net www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/john_crace_(writer) www.alisonweir.org.uk www.charlottemendelson.com www.persephonebooks.co.uk/pages/authors/index.asp?id=7 www.blakemorrison.com www.francesfyfield.co.uk www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth62 University of Cambridge Faculty of History www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eleanor_bron Page 2 of 5
2008 Marina Warner Carmen Callil John Stubbs Anthony Bailey David Nobbs Matthew Sweeney Barbara Erskine Helen Dunmore Anne Sebba Meg Rosoff Jon Canter Louis de Bernières www.marinawarner.com www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/carmen_callil Author of Donne: The Reformed Soul www.vintage-books.co.uk/authors/9906/anthony-bailey www.davidnobbs.com www.writersartists.net/msweeney.htm www.barbara-erskine.co.uk www.helendunmore.com www.annesebba.com www.megrosoff.co.uk www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jon_canter www.louisdebernieres.co.uk 2007 Julian Baggini Mavis Cheek Jill Dawson Max Hastings Henry Hitchings Kathryn Hughes Richard Mabey Posy Simmonds Hugo Williams 2006 Hilary Spurling Jeremy Lewis Stuart Kelly Romesh Gunesekera Margi Blunden Jon McGregor Julia Blackburn Mark Mitchels www.julianbaggini.blogspot.com www.mavischeek.co.uk www.jilldawson.co.uk www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/max_hastings www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/henry_hitchings www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kathryn_hughes www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/richard_mabey www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/posy_simmonds www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hugo_williams www.davidhigham.co.uk/clients/hilary_spurling.htm www.faber.co.uk/author/jeremy-lewis www.birlinn.co.uk/author/details/stuart-kelly-1483 www.tracearchive.ntu.ac.uk/writers/gunesekera Daughter of war poet Edmund Blunden www.jonmcgregor.com www.juliablackburn.com www.markmitchels.com Page 3 of 5
2005 D J Taylor Andrew Casey Ronald Blythe Dame Gillian Beer Peter Parker Jonathan Myerson Susannah Clark Linda Grant Deborah Moggach John Sutherland 2004 Manda Scott Penelope Lively Julie Myerson Francis Wheen David Starkey Alexander McCall Smith Doris Lessing Brenda Maddox Diana Athill 2003 Elizabeth Jane Howard Michael Holroyd Trezza Azzopardi Norman Scarfe Jonathan Coe Esther Freud Jasper Fforde Sarah Waters Richard Holmes Julian Earwaker Kathleen Becker www.djtaylorwriter.co.uk Specialist in 20 th Century Ceramics www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ronald_blythe www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gillian_beer www.harpercollins.co.uk/authors/4445/peter-parker www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jonathan_myerson www.bloomsbury.com/susanna-clarke/authors/506 www.lindagrant.co.uk www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/deborah_moggach www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/john_sutherland_(author) www.mandascott.co.uk www.penelopelively.net www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/julie_myerson www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/francis_wheen www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/david_starkey www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk/home www.dorislessing.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/brenda_maddox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/diana_athill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/elizabeth_jane_howard http://literature.britishcouncil.org/michael-holroyd http://literature.britishcouncil.org/trezza-azzopardi Writing about travel, landscape and history www.jonathancoewriter.com www.estherfreud.co.uk www.jasperfforde.com www.sarahwaters.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/richard_holmes A selection of works by Julian Earwaker Co-writer of Julian Earwaker Page 4 of 5
2002 Peter Conradi Anna Pavord A L Kennedy Diarmid MacCulloch Rose Tremain S I Martin Sam Newton 2001 Simon Jenkins Ronald Blythe Lesley Grant-Adamson Nicci French Nina Bawden John Walsh Hugo Young Claire Tomalin 2000 Philip Ziegler Martin Crook Aidan Chambers Jim Crace Dr John Blatchly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/peter_conradi www.annapavord.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/a._l._kennedy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/diarmaid_macculloch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rose_tremain http://literature.britishcouncil.org/s-i-martin www.wuffings.co.uk/personal.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/simon.jenkins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ronald_blythe www.crimefiction.co.uk www.niccifrench.co.uk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nina_bawden http://www.independent.co.uk/biography/john-walsh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/hugo_young http://clairetomalin.co.uk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/philip_ziegler No website details available http://www.aidanchambers.co.uk http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jim_crace Local historian and visiting professor at UCS Page 5 of 5