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Desmond Elliott Prize
The Desmond Elliott Prize is an annual award for the best debut novel written in English and published in the UK.〔Richard Lea (Guardian'' )〕 The winning novel can be from any genre of fiction and must exhibit depth and breadth with a compelling narrative.〔(Harper Collins )〕 The winner receives . The prize is named in honour of the distinguished late publisher and literary agent, Desmond Elliott.〔(BBC News )〕
== History and administration ==
The Desmond Elliott Prize was inaugurated at the bequest of Desmond Elliott, who died in August 2003. He stipulated that his literary estate should be invested in a charitable trust that would fund a literary award "to enrich the careers of new writers".〔Katie Allen (''The Bookseller.com'' )〕 The prize is therefore dedicated to supporting and celebrating aspiring authors and their fiction.〔(Book Prize Info )〕
The Desmond Elliott Prize was launched in 2007 as a biennial award for a first novel published in the UK. The inaugural prize was won by Nikita Lalwani for her novel, ''Gifted'', in June 2008.〔Amber Pearson (''Daily Mail'' )〕 After the successful launch of the prize, the trustees decided to make it an annual award.〔Katie Allen (''The Bookseller.com'' )〕 Edward Hogan won the prize in 2009 for his novel ''Blackmoor'',〔(''The Telegraph'' )〕 Ali Shaw the 2010 prize for his novel ''The Girl with Glass Feet''〔Maggie Hartford (''The Oxford Times'' )〕 and Anjali Joseph in 2011 for her novel ''Saraswati Park''.〔Anupama Krishnakumar (''Spark Magazine'' )〕
The prize is administered by Emma Manderson and the trustees of The Desmond Elliott Charitable Trust, a UK charitable foundation.〔(Open Charities )〕 The Trust is chaired by Dallas Manderson, Group Sales Director of the Orion Publishing Group. He is joined by Christine Berry, a partner in the charities group at Taylor Vinters, a Cambridge-based law firm, and Liz Thomson, Editor of BookBrunch. Both Dallas and Christine worked with Desmond Elliott at Arlington Books.
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