Jill Dawson

Jill Dawson is an English poet and novelist who grew up in Durham, England. She began publishing her poems in pamphlets and small magazines. Her first book, Trick of the Light, was published in 1996. She was the British Council Writing Fellow at Amherst College for 1997.

Awards which Dawson has received recognition from include:

• 1984 First prize in City Limits short story competition
• 1984 First Prize in Hackney New Writers Competition (judged by Michelene Wandor)
• 1992 Eric Gregory Award for poetry
• 1995 Joint first prize Sheffield Hallam short story competition (judged by Margaret Drabble and Hanif Kureishi)
• 1995 Blue Nose Poet of the Year
• 1995 Author's Fund Award
• 1996 Kathleen Blundell Award
• 1996 London Arts Board New Writer Award for Magpie
• 2000 Short list for Whitbread Novel of the Year for Fred & Edie
• 2001 Short list for Orange Prize for Fred & Edie
• 2001 Long-list of Dublin IMPAC Award for Fred & Edie
• 2001 ScreenEast Award for Stunner screenplay.
• 2003 Arts Council England Award for Half of England (Watch Me Disappear)
• 2004 Wild Boy becomes the first ever novel to be long-listed for the British Academy Book Prize
• 2006 ScreenEast award for Watch Me Disappear screenplay.
• 2006 Watch Me Disappear long-listed for the Orange Prize
• 2006 Arts Council Award
• 2008 Arts Council Award for The Silver Banks
• 2016 East Anglian Book of the Year (Fiction) for The Crime Writer