The Story Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (2007) Nominee
Tessa Hadley
テッサ・ハドレー
Tessa Hadley
Aliases:
Tessa Jane Hadley / Tessa Jane Nichols
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1956-02-28 （Bristol）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Bristol, England → Cardiff, Wales
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Professor of creative writing
- Active Years
- 1983-2024
- Affiliations
- Bath Spa University, Royal Society of Literature, The Welsh Academy
- Memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (2009), Fellow of The Welsh Academy
- Influenced By
- Henry James, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Bowen, Katherine Mansfield, Jean Rhys
- Nominations
- Orange Prize longlist Accidents in the Home (2002), Encore Award shortlist Everything Will Be All Right (2005), Orange Prize longlist The Master Bedroom (2008), Wales Book of the Year longlist The Master Bedroom (2008)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clare College, Cambridge | English | English | BA | — | United Kingdom |
| Bath Spa University | — | Creative Writing | MA | — | United Kingdom |
| University of the West of England | — | Literature | PhD | — | United Kingdom |
Clare College, Cambridge
English
/ English
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1978
Country:
United Kingdom
Followed by PGCE
Bath Spa University
Creative Writing
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
1994
Country:
United Kingdom
University of the West of England
Literature
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
1998
Country:
United Kingdom
Thesis: Pleasure and propriety in Henry James
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Windham–Campbell Literature Prize | Fiction | Fiction | Yale University | won |
| 2016 | Hawthornden Prize | — | — | — | won |
| 2018 | Edge Hill Short Story Prize | Bad Dreams | Short Story Collection | — | won |
| 2005 | O. Henry Prize | The Card Trick | Short Story | — | won |
| 2014 | O. Henry Prize | Valentine | Short Story | — | won |
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize
2016
Work:
Fiction
Category:
Fiction
Organization:
Yale University
Result:
won
Hawthornden Prize
2016
Result:
won
Edge Hill Short Story Prize
2018
Work:
Bad Dreams
Category:
Short Story Collection
Result:
won
O. Henry Prize
2005
Work:
The Card Trick
Category:
Short Story
Result:
won
O. Henry Prize
2014
Work:
Valentine
Category:
Short Story
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes
1 appearances
-
Edition 4 (2016) Winner
Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 76 (2016) Winner
O. Henry Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 98 (2019) Winner
Works
Major Works
Accidents in the Home
2002 NovelJuxtaposes married motherhood with a glamorous London modelling career, and handles themes including adultery.
familyadulterymotherhood
Everything Will Be All Right
2003 NovelDocuments women's roles over the previous fifty years in its description of four generations of one family.
family relationshipswomen's livestime
The London Train
2011 NovelA structured novel with two parallel narratives focusing on separate characters whose links are eventually revealed.
class differencesinfidelitybereavement
The Past
2015 NovelFeatures four middle-aged siblings holidaying together at their rural childhood home, and explores sexual desire.
family secretsdesirethe past
Bibliography
- Accidents in the Home (2002)
- Everything Will Be All Right (2003)
- The Master Bedroom (2007)
- The London Train (2011)
- Clever Girl (2013)
- The Past (2015)
- Late in the Day (2019)
- Free Love (2022)
- The Party (2024)
- Sunstroke and Other Stories (2007)
- Married Love and Other Stories (2013)
- Bad Dreams and Other Stories (2017)
- After the Funeral (2023)
- Henry James and the Imagination of Pleasure (2002)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realisticpsychologically acutesuperbly controlled prose
- Recurring Motifs
- family relationshipsordinary livesmiddle-class characterswomen's experiences
Legacy
One of English's finest contemporary writers who brilliantly illuminates ordinary lives with extraordinary prose that is superbly controlled, psychologically acute, and subtly powerful.
Trivia
- Her uncle is the playwright Peter Nichols.
- Lives in Cardiff, Wales.