Great excitement in Roma Nova! AURELIA was selected as Editor’s Choice by the Historical Novel Society Indie reviews in autumn 2015 and went forward to be longlisted for the 2016 HNS Indie Award along with 37 others. In January, a shortlist of nine was selected and today (30 March), the final four were announced and AURELIA was among them!
Helen Hollick, the HNS Indie Managing Editor, announced it today in the HNS Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/7739864930/):
“Drum Roll and Trumpet Tootle Please! I have the four finalists for the HNS Indie Award 2016! My thanks to Steve Donoghue, Stephanie Moore Hopkins & Janis Pegrum Smith our three shortlist judges. The winner and runner up will be announced by judges James Aitcheson & Anna Belfrage at #HNSOxford2016 … so congratulations to:
AURELIA, Alison Morton
BLOODIE BONES, Lucienne Boyce
FOSSIL ISLAND, Barbara Sjoholm
WHEN SORROWS COME, Maria Dziedzan“
What a tough field! My nails will no longer exist by September…
Alison Morton is the author of Roma Nova thrillers, INCEPTIO, PERFIDITAS, SUCCESSIO and AURELIA. The fifth in the series, INSURRECTIO, will be published on 12 April 2016.
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Well done, Alison, to get this far. Very exciting. Fingers crossed. Denise
Thanks, Fenella/Denise. All very exciting!
Such exciting news. Rooting for you.
Thank you, Suzanne! Honoured to have reached this stage. We’ll see what September brings!