Jen Williams
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| Born | Jennifer Williams |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | novelist, writer |
| Years active | 2014–Present |
| Notable work | The Copper Promise series |
| Awards | British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2018-2019) |
Jennifer "Jen" Williams is a British fantasy novelist and short story writer.
Biography[edit]
Jennifer Williams lives in southeast London where she works as a bookseller and copywriter. Williams and Den Patrick began a monthly social group for fantasy fans called the Super Relaxed Fantasy Club. Her first three books were nominated for British Fantasy Awards in 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively[1][2][3] and she won the award for Best Fantasy Novel in 2018 and 2019.[4][5] She has written for various magazines in addition to working on her various novels.
Her latest novel, thriller Dog Rose Dirt, was released in July 2021 by way of HarperFiction, and was distributed as A Dark and Secret Place in the United States with Crooked Lane Books.[6]
Awards[edit]
| Year | Title | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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| 2015 | The Copper Promise | British Fantasy Award | Best Fantasy Novel | Nominated | [1] |
| 2016 | The Iron Ghost | Nominated | [2] | ||
| 2017 | The Silver Tide | Nominated | [3] | ||
| 2018 | The Ninth Rain | Won | [4] | ||
| Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards | Best Blurred Boundary | Won | [7] | ||
| 2019 | The Bitter Twins | British Fantasy Award | Best Fantasy Novel | Won | [5] |
| 2020 | The Winnowing Flame | Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards | Best Series | Nominated | [8] |
Bibliography[edit]
- The Copper Promise series
- The Copper Promise (2014) – ISBN 978-0857665768
- Sorrow's Isle (2015) – ISBN 978-1472229724
- The Iron Ghost (2015) – ISBN 978-1472211149
- The Silver Tide (2016) – ISBN 978-1472211163
- The Winnowing Flame series
- The Ninth Rain (2017) – ISBN 978-1472235169
- The Bitter Twins (2018) – ISBN 978-1472235190
- The Poison Song (2019) – ISBN 978-1472235220
- Other novels
- A Dark and Secret Place (2021, UK) – ISBN 978-1643855745 / Dog Rose Dirt (2021, US) – ISBN 978-0008383831
- Collection
- Her Majesty's Mysterious Conveyance (2012) (with Sean Hayden, Elizabeth Valentino and Nick Valentino) – ISBN 978-1590808597
- Short fiction
- London Stone (2009)
- Constance Withers and the Wall (2016)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "2015 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ a b "2016 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ a b "2017 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ a b "2018 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ a b "2019 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ McDermid, Val; Mackesy, Charlie; Allinson, Kate; Atkinson, Kate; Fforde, Katie; Fairweather, Jack; Keyes, Marian; Nesbo, Jo; Allinson, Kate; Rubenhold, Hallie (4 October 2019). "Jen Williams moves to HarperFiction for thriller debut". The Bookseller. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ "Subjective Chaos Kind of Award - The Winners!". Runalong The Shelves. 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "The Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards: 2020 Nominees". File 770. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Jen Williams at Library of Congress, with 3 library catalogue records
- Jen Williams at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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