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The Prize for New Fiction

Edward Hogan has been announced the winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2009 for Blackmoor, published by Simon & Schuster. Visit the winner page for more information on the author and his title.

The Desmond Elliott Prize was launched in 2007 as a biennial award for a first novel published in the UK. The inaugural prize in 2008, won by Nikita Lalwani for her novel, Gifted, was so well received by publishers, booksellers and the general reading public that the trustees were prompted to change the prize to an annual award.

Worth £10,000 to the winner, the prize is designed to support new writers and celebrate engaging new fiction. The prize reflects the aims of the charismatic and successful agent and publisher, Desmond Elliott who proved his confidence and faith in his new authors by offering them 3-book deals, thereby helping to ensure they were free of financial worries and so could write happily and securely.

This year’s longlist of ten books was announced in late March followed by the shortlist of three books in May. The winner of the Desmond Elliott Prize 2009, Edward Hogan, was announced on Wednesday 24 June at Fortnum & Mason, Piccadilly, London.