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The Prize for the New Novelist of the Year #Discoveradebut Desmondelliottprize.Org The Prize for the New Novelist of the Year #DiscoverADebut DesmondElliottPrize.org “The most prestigious award for first-time novelists” - Daily Telegraph About the Prize About Desmond Elliott The Desmond Elliott Prize was founded to celebrate the best first novel by a new author and In life, Desmond Elliott incurred the wrath of Dame Edith Sitwell and the love of innumerable authors and colleagues to support writers just starting what will be long and glittering careers. It has succeeded who regarded him as simply “the best”. Jilly Cooper, Sam in its mission in a manner that would make Elliott proud. Llewelyn, Penny Vincenzi, Leslie Thomas and Candida Lycett Green are among the writers forever in his debt. So, too, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber: if Elliott In the years since its inception, it has managed to stand Every winner since the first in 2008 has gone on to be had not introduced the aspirant lyricist and composer, the out from other prizes due to the quality of its selections, the shortlisted for, and in many cases win, other high-profile West End—and Broadway—would have been the poorer. prestige of its judges and its unusually focused shortlist— literary awards, among them the Baileys Women’s Prize only three titles make it to that stage. With judges of the for Fiction, the Man Booker Prize and the Costa First In death, Desmond Elliott continues to launch careers for calibre of Geordie Grieg, Edward Stourton, Joanne Harris, Novel Award. In less than a decade, the words ‘Winner he stipulated that the proceeds of his estate be invested in a Chris Cleave, Elizabeth Buchan and Viv Groskop, to of the Desmond Elliott Prize’ have become synonymous charitable trust that would fund a literary award “to enrich name just a few, fantastic winners have been chosen year with original, compelling writing by the most exciting the careers of new writers”, launching them on a path on after year. new talents around. which the footholds are now ever-more precarious. For the agent’s goal was always that his authors be relieved of financial worries, allowed to write in happy security. To that end, he played a dual role, believing that agents should be “Machiavelli and Elizabeth Arden rolled into one”. It served his authors well and continues to do so. At the 2015 winner’s ceremony, Chair of Judges and best-selling author Elliott himself was “a dapper little elf”—five-foot-nothing, Arlington Books operated out of one room in Duke Street Louise Doughty passionately claimed that we must support our new authors sporting Brooks Brothers’ boys’ wear—but a huge Mayfair, a locale from which Desmond would never stray— personality. His widowed mother could not afford to other than to board Concord for New York. He made his “or we risk letting the next Hilary Mantel slip through our fingers.” keep him so he was schooled at Dublin’s Royal Masonic first fortune withThe Pocket Calorie Guide to Safe Slimming, Orphanage from where he was offered a scholarship to which enjoyed 40 reprints. Then came a Barnardo’s Boy, Trinity College. But Desmond was the classic young Leslie Thomas, seeking a business manager. His best-selling man in a hurry and, at 16, he boarded the ferry and memoir was followed by a best-selling novel which became crossed the Irish Sea with just £2 in his pocket. a box-office smash:The Virgin Soldiers. Desmond Elliott was now both agent and publisher. A brilliant raconteur, who drank only champagne, he always crossed the Atlantic by Concorde and used Fortnum & Mason as his local grocer. His genius was spotting talent and then nurturing and promoting it. - Daily Express He started his career in publishing “below stairs” at The rest is, indeed, history—history which continues to be Macmillan in 1947. Discovered one morning reading the made as each Desmond Elliott Prize-winner steps forth. directors’ mail, he was obliged to leave and joined another family firm, Hutchinson, where he assisted with the adver- Described by Leo Cooper as “a brilliant though eccentric tising. A self-confessed “snotty little brat”, Elliott passed publisher, a consummate showman and a clever literary swiftly through the offices of every great London publisher agent”, Desmond Elliott was a one-off, a man who took of the day, causing a little light mischief en route. Then, in pleasure in business and whose business was his life. 1960, a £1,000 golden goodbye (“Pioneering as always, I was the first redundant publisher”) enabled him to strike Candida Lycett Green thought him “the best possible out on his own. godfather or kind uncle”. With the Desmond Elliott Prize, he always will be. By Liz Thomson Our 2015 Winner Events The 2015 shortlist was, arguably, the strongest in the prize’s history. Both “A triumph” We host two receptions annually—first, a spring drinks party for the 10 long- Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey and A Song for Issy Bradley were - The Times listed authors, giving them a chance to meet each other, celebrate with their shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, which the former won while the publishers and enjoy their moment in the spotlight. We are the only major latter was named Best First Novel by the Authors’ Club. “Extraordinary [...] Fuller writes with prize to hold a party for its longlist, which is particularly appreciated by new a singing simplicity that finds beauty authors. For many it marks the first time they step out as an author for their The ultimate winner wasOur Endless Numbered Days, by Claire Fuller—a true first literary accolade. amid the terror” original, as all other winning titles have been. In haunting, beguiling prose the reader is drawn into the world of eight-year-old Peggy Fairfax, a child who has - Sunday Times We then traditionally host a summer prize ceremony at Fortnum & Mason’s followed her father to, he assures her, the last safe place on Earth. As the years (renowned for its free-flowing champagne and excellent canapés) at which pass in their small wooden cabin, deep in a remote European forest, Peggy “A debut novel that brings to mind the winner is announced. The best and the brightest from publishing attend, such unlikely bedfellows as Thoreau’s matures and begins to realise all is not right with her world. as well as top literary journalists from the Guardian to the Financial Times and Emma Healey, 2015 shortlisted author of Walden and Emma Donoghue’s the BBC. At the 2015 ceremony, BBC Radio 4’s Front Row interviewed Elizabeth is Missing Following its win, the book was catapulted to further success. It was selected for Room...gripping.” winner Claire Fuller live from the ceremony after her win. the Spring 2016 Richard and Judy Book Club, and was also chosen as a 2016 - Guardian Waterstones Book Club Pick. Our Endless Numbered Days is both shocking and subtle, brilliant and beautiful, a poised and elegant work that recalls the early work of Ian McEwan in the delicacy of its prose and the way that this is combined with some very dark undertones. Jessie Burton, 2015 longlisted author of The Miniaturist - Praise from Chair of Judges, Louise Doughty We also work closely with the Festival du Premier Roman in Chambéry, France, for which two of our longlisted authors are selected to represent English writers at this international literary festival. In 2015 seven languages were represented in total and 2014 authors Nathan Filer and Kate Clanchy were the elected laureates in attendance. Claire Fuller (second from left) with judges Viv Groskop, Louise Doughty, and Jonathan Ruppin. Nathan Filer and Kate Clanchy at the Festival du Premier Roman Judges 2008 2012 Penny Vincenzi (Chair), Author Geordie Greig, Editor of the Mail Cristina Odone, Novelist, Sam Llewellyn (Chair), Novelist Tom Gatti, Culture Editor at The Caroline Mileham, Merchandising on Sunday (Formerly Editor for Journalist, and Broadcaster New Statesman (Formerly Deputy Manager at Google Play (Formerly Tatler Magazine) Editor at The Times Saturday Review) Head of Books at Play.com) 2009 2013 Candida Lycett Green (Chair), Suzi Feay, Journalist, Broadcaster, Rodney Troubridge, Bookseller Joanne Harris (Chair), Author Robert Collins, Producer at Miriam Robinson, Programme Author and Critic (Waterstones) Intelligence Squared (Formerly Director for The Bookseller Marketing Deputy Editor at the Sunday Times) & Publicity Conference (Formerly Head of Marketing at Foyles) 2010 2014 Elizabeth Buchan (Chair), Author William Skidelsky, Author and James Daunt, Founder of Daunt Chris Cleave (Chair), Author Isabel Berwick, Assistant Features Patrick Neale, Bookseller (Jaffe & Journalist (Previously Books Editor Books and Managing Director of Editor at FTComment (Formerly Neale), President of the Booksellers for The Observer) Waterstones Associate Editor at Financial Times) Association 2011 2015 Edward Stourton (Chair), Fanny Blake, Journalist Amy Worth, Director of Kindle Louise Doughty (Chair), Author Viv Groskop, Comedian and Jonathan Ruppin, Web Editor Broadcaster and presenter of BBC and Writer Content at Amazon.co.uk Columnist (Foyles) Radio 4 Sunday programme (Previously Presenter for the BBC Radio 4 Today programme) Past Winners of The Desmond Elliott Prize The Desmond Elliott Prize has gained a 2014 2011 2010 reputation for its exceptionally keen talent- A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride Saraswati Park by Anjali Joseph (Fourth Estate) The Girl with Glass Feet by Ali Shaw (Atlantic Books) (Faber/Galley Beggar Press) spotting. The past eight winning titles have Winner: 2011 Betty Trask Prize Shortlisted: 2009 Costa First Book Award received praise from all quarters, most Winner: 2014 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Winner (joint): 2010 Vodafone Crossword Book Award for Fiction Longlisted: 2009 Guardian First book Award going on to be listed for and winning other Winner: 2014 Geoffrey Faber prize in India Longlisted: 2010 Dylan Thomas Prize Winner: 2013 Goldsmiths Prize prestigious awards and valuable retailer Joseph’s second novel, Another Country (Fourth Estate), was Shaw’s second novel, The Man Who Rained, was published in 2012.
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