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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.
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]
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] |