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Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2020

The 2020 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction went to The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey. 6 books made the shortlist and 12 the longlist.

Winner

  1. The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickeysource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

  1. A Sin of Omission by Marguerite Polandsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Shadowplay by Joseph O'Connorsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Parisian by Isabella Hammadsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Redeemed by Tim Pearssource (opens in a new tab)
  5. To Calais, In Ordinary Time by James Meeksource (opens in a new tab)

Longlist

  1. How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Leesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfieldsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Hiding Game by Naomi Woodsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Offing by Benjamin Myerssource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathansource (opens in a new tab)
  6. This Is Happiness by Niall Williamssource (opens in a new tab)

About the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

First awarded 2010. Longlists first made public in 2015 (per the prize's 2015 longlist announcement); 2015-2025 list longlist, shortlist and winner, 2010-2014 shortlist and winner only. All years from walterscottprize.co.uk: 2010-2014 from the Previous Shortlists page, 2015-2025 from each year's longlist, shortlist and winner announcements.

Organization: Walter Scott Prize. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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