Langum Prize for Historical Literature Winners Historical Fiction

Awards List

2015

Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse (Winner)
Faith Sullivan

Oct-2015
/ Literary

The Race for Paris (Honorable Mention)
Meg Waite Clayton

Aug-2015
/ Historical

2014

What Is Visible (Winner)
Kimberly Elkins

Jun-2014
/ Historical

Rush of Shadows (Honorable Mention)
Catherine Bell

Oct-2014
/ Historical

The Moor's Account (Special Recognition)
Laila Lalami

Sep-2014
/ Action Adventure

2013

Crossing Purgatory (Winner)
Gary Schanbacher

Jun-2013
/ Historical

Seven Locks (Honorable Mention)
Christine Wade

Jan-2013
/ Historical

The Blood of Heaven (Nominee)
Kent Wascom

Jun-2013
/ Literary

The Son (Nominee)
Philipp Meyer

Jun-2013
/ General Fiction

Love and Lament (Nominee)
John M. Thompson

Aug-2013
/ General Fiction

My Notorious Life (Nominee)
Kate Manning

Sep-2013
/ Historical

Swimming in the Moon (Honorable Mention)
Pamela Schoenewaldt

Sep-2013
/ Historical

Nostalgia (Nominee)
Dennis McFarland

Oct-2013
/ Historical

2012

The Cove (Winner)
Ron Rash

Apr-2012
/ Historical

A Good Man (Nominee)
Guy Vanderhaeghe

Jan-2012
/ Literary

Slant of Light: A Novel of Utopian Dreams and Civil War (Honorable Mention)
Steve Wiegenstein

Apr-2012
/ Historical

2011

The Buddha in the Attic (Winner)
Julie Otsuka

Sep-2011
/ Literary

Caleb's Crossing (Honorable Mention)
Geraldine Brooks

May-2011
/ Historical

After the Rain (Notable)
John M. Archer

Sep-2011
/ Historical

The Mayor's Daughter (Notable)
James Hoggard

Sep-2011
/ Historical

The Blood Lie (Notable)
Shirley Reva Vernick

Oct-2011
/ Historical

Homestead (Notable)
Sheila Ortiz-Taylor

Dec-2011
/ General Fiction

2010

The Personal History of Rachel DuPree (Winner)
Ann Weisgarber

Aug-2008
/ General Fiction

My Name Is Mary Sutter (Honorable Mention)
Robin Oliveira

May-2010
/ Historical

Creekside: An Archaeological Novel (Notable)
Kelli Carmean

Oct-2010
/ Historical

2009

New York (Winner)
Edward Rutherfurd

Nov-2009
/ General Fiction

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Notable)
Jamie Ford

Feb-2009
/ General Fiction

2008

The Heretic's Daughter (Winner)
Kathleen Kent

Sep-2008
/ Historical

Hallam's War (Honorable Mention)
Elisabeth Payne Rosen

Aug-2009
/ General Fiction

2007

Heyday (Winner)
Kurt Andersen

Mar-2007
/ Historical

2006

Dreams to Dust (Winner)
Sheldon Russell

Feb-2006
/ Historical

2005

Madison House (Winner)
Peter Donahue

Oct-2005
/ Romance

2004

Seven Laurels (Winner)
Linda Busby Parker

Sep-2004
/ Historical

Whose Names Are Unknown (Honor Book)
Sanora Babb

May-2004
/ Literary

2003

Rebecca Wentworth's Distraction (Winner)
Robert J. Begiebing

Jul-2003
/ General Fiction

Award Categories

Historical Fiction

Award Years