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Writers & Books

Each of these authors has benefitted from Writers' Trust awards or programs.

Awards

Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

2002

Winner

Houseboat Chronicles: Notes from a Life in Shield Country

Houseboat Chronicles: Notes from a Life in Shield Country

Jake MacDonald

Jake MacDonald

Finalists

The Mourner’s Dance: What We Do When People Die

The Mourner’s Dance: What We Do When People Die

Katherine Ashenburg

A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle

A Keen Soldier: The Execution of Second World War Private Harold Pringle

Andrew Clark

Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign

Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign

Marni Jackson

A Promise of Salt

A Promise of Salt

Lorie Miseck