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Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Desmond Elliott Prize | 2013 | Winner |
About This Book
Ros Barber's debut novel is written entirely in iambic pentameter and is narrated by Christopher Marlowe, who argues that he faked his own death in 1593 and spent the rest of his life writing under the name William Shakespeare. Combining scholarship, wit, and formal ambition, the novel won the Desmond Elliott Prize in 2013 and the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award.
About the Author
Ros Barber is a British novelist and poet born in 1964 in Washington DC to British parents. She studied English at Cambridge University and has taught creative writing at the University of Sussex and Goldsmiths. She has published several poetry collections including Material (2008) and co-edits the journal Mortality. Read more →
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