Horsham author wins international award
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A Horsham based author is celebrating after her historical novel won an international award. Lisa Brace has won ‘Best Historical Fiction Novel 2025’ in the Eyelands Book Awards, for her novel The Fastest Girl on Earth.
The Eyelands Book Awards is open to all authors globally and Lisa joins winners from all over the world, including USA, India and Iran.
She said: “I couldn’t believe it when I received the email, I’m an award winning novelist! It’s something you dream about when you’re writing books, but for it to actually happen is a pinch me moment.
“It’s so wonderful to know that the characters I’ve lived with for years are getting their recognition – I love the story, so it’s exciting to see others enjoying it too.”
Lisa’s previous novel Swim was runner up in the same competition last year, and garnered two silver medals in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2024 and she has advice for would-be writers.
“If you have a book idea, just go for it. Write it down. You can’t sell books without writing them (and AI doesn’t count!). Enjoy the process and be proud that you’re getting it down. Persevere, share with likeminded people and go to writing clubs local to you. Keep going!”
The Fastest Girl on Earth is Lisa’s second historical novel and follows the story of Evelyn Bloom, lying on her deathbed in 1922. A decade ago, she had it all: the world at her feet, glittering parties with royalty, headlines ablaze with her daring exploits, and a string of scandalous love affairs.
Now, surrounded by faded photographs, shattered dreams, and secrets no one else knows, Evelyn faces the ultimate question: How did a life so brilliant end in such lonely despair?
From roaring race tracks to glittering ballrooms, from love and betrayal to triumph and tragedy, Evelyn’s story is a breathtaking, unputdownable WWI-era historical novel perfect for fans of Kate Quinn, Natasha Lester, and Mandy Robotham.
The Fastest Girl on Earth is available in all bookshops, as well as online as an ebook, paperback and audiobook.
Lisa is currently working on her third historical novel, Lipstick. In 1950s Seattle, Avon lady, Eleanor Shermanbury is drawn into a world of glamour and lust after selling make-up to a group of strippers, forcing her to choose between her new, intoxicating friends and the high society she has always longed to join.
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Buy her books here https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Lisa-Brace/author