The Branford Boase Award was set up to reward the most promising new writers and their editors, as well as to reward excellence in writing and in publishing. The Award is made annually to the most promising book for seven year-olds and upwards by a first time novelist. The long listed books for 2013 are below. The short list will be published later in the spring.

Author

Editor

Title

Publisher

Sam Angus

Rachel Petty

Soldier Dog

Macmillan

Steve Backshall

Fiona Kennedy

Tiger Wars

Orion

Tanya Byrne

Hannah Sheppard

Heart-Shaped Bruise

Headline

Cathryn Constable

Rachel Leyshon

Wolf Princess

Chicken House

Dave Cousins

Jasmine Richards

15 Days without a Head

OUP

S D Crockett

Emma Young

After the Snow

Macmillan

Matt Dickinson

Kathy Webb & Liz Cross

Mortal Chaos

OUP

Natasha Farrant

Julia Heydon-Wells

The Things We Did for Love

Faber

Che Golden

Roisin Heycock

The Feral Child

Quercus

Fleur Hitchcock

Sara O’Connor

Shrunk!

Hot Key

Edward Hogan

Mara Bergman

Daylight Saving

Walker

Sarah Lean

Rachel Denwood
& Lizzie Ryley

A Dog Called Homeless

HarperCollins

Mark Lowery

Alice Swan

Socks are Not Enough

Scholastic

David Massey

Imogen Cooper

Torn

Chicken House

Simon Mayo

Kelly Hurst

Itch

Random House

Jane McLoughlin

Maurice Lyon
& Emily Sharratt

At Yellow Lake

Frances Lincoln

Wendy Meddour

Janetta Otter-Barry

A Hen in the Wardrobe

Frances Lincoln

Sue Monroe

Rachel Boden

Magnificent Moon Hare

Egmont

William Osborne

Imogen Cooper

Hitler’s Angel

Chicken House

Andrew Prentice & Jonathan Weil

Simon Mason

Black Arts

David Fickling

Louisa Reid

Amanda Punter

Black Heart Blue

Puffin

Andy Robb

Jane Harris

Geekhood

Little Tiger Press

Dave Shelton

David Fickling

A Boy and a Bear in a Boat

David Fickling

Lydia Syson

Sarah Odedina

A World Between Us

Hot Key

Teri Terry

Megan Larkin

Slated

Hachette