William Boyd en Simon Mawer op shortlist Walter Scott Prize 2016

'Honouring the achievements of the founding father of the historical novel, the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world.' En een van de weinig die slechts dit genre bekroont. De afgelopen jaren werden John Spurling (2015, The Ten Thousand Things), Robert Harris (2014, An Officer and a Spy), Tan Twan Eng (2013, The Garden of Evening Mists), Sebastian Barry (2012, On Canaan’s Side) en Hilary Mantel (2010: Wolf Hall) bekroond.

• William Boyd, Sweet Caress
• Patrick Gale, A Place Called Winter
• Gavin McCrea, Mrs Engels
• Allan Massie, End Games in Bordeaux
• Simon Mawer, Tightrope
• Lucy Treloar, Salt Creek

De jury:

'Each place in our shortlist was hard fought, as it has been another exceptional year for historical fiction. This embarrassment of riches forced us to focus our lens more closely on fiction which evokes an authentic atmosphere of the past, rather than that which solely deals with the nature of memory.'

18 juni wordt de winnaar bekendgemaakt.