Founded in 2009, The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction celebrates quality, innovation, and ambition of writing for books published in the last year in the UK, Ireland, or the Commonwealth. In order to qualify, the majority of the storyline must have taken place at least 60 years ago. The winner was announced at the Borders Book Festival on Thursday, June 12.
For more information check out the Prize’s website.
Longlisted titles in the NLS Collection are:
| HEART IN WINTER by Kevin Barry (DB 122515) |
| GLORIOUS EXPLOITS by Ferdia Lennon (DB 125459) |
| SIGN OF HER OWN by Sarah Marsh (LB 0000111) |