The 2021 Crown Awards (Debut, Gold and Non-Fiction) are for full length books published for the first time in English in the UK between the 1st April 2020 - 31st March 2021.
People of Abandoned Character is Clare's debut novel and has been shortlisted for the Debut Crown Award; while Stuart Turton's The Devil and the Dark Water is shortlisted for the Gold Crown Award.
The winner's ceremony will take place on the 24th November 2021.