Betty Trask Award winner for Quite ContrarySusan Elderkin (MA, 1994) 2000 Betty Trask Award winner for Sunset Over Chocolate MountainsDiana Evans (MA, 2003) 2005 Betty Trask Award winner for 26aSusan Fletcher (MA, 2002) 2005 Betty Trask Prize winner for Eve GreenAdam Foulds (MA, 2000) 2007 Betty Trask Award winner for The Truth About These Strange TimesImogen Hermes Gowar (MA, 2014) 2019 Betty Trask Award winner for The Mermaid and Mrs HancockEmma Healey (MA, 2011) 2015 Betty Trask Award winner for Elizabeth is MissingPaul Houghton (MA, 1987) 1989 Betty Trask Award winner for Harry's Last WeddingAnjali Joseph (MA, 2008; PHD, 2013) 2011 Betty Trask Prize winner for Saraswati ParkFrances Liardet (MA, 1998) 1994 Betty Trask Award winner for The GameNicola Monaghan (MA, 2018) 2006 Betty Trask Award winner for The Killing JarGlenn Patterson (MA, 1986) 1988 Betty Trask Award winner for Burning Your OwnNatasha Pulley (MA, 2012) 2017 Betty Trask Award winner for The Watchmaker of Filigree StreetPhil Whitaker (MA, 1996) 1998 Betty Trask Award winner for Eclipse of the SunJames Tait Black Memorial Prize winners Ian McEwan (MA, 1971) James Tait Black Memorial Prize winner in the 2005 Fiction category for SaturdayAndrew Miller (MA, 1991) James Tait Black Memorial Prize winner in the 1997 Fiction category for Ingenious PainRose Tremain (BA, 1967) James Tait Black Memorial Prize winner in the 1993 Fiction category for Sacred Country'' Other alumni Nicholas Allan (MA, 1981), children's author Mona Arshi (MA, 2012), Forward Prize-winning poet Trezza Azzopardi (MA, 1998), novelist Martyn Bedford (MA, 1994), novelist Brett Ellen Block (MA, 1998), author Peter Bowker (MA, 1991), screenwriter John Boyne (MA, 1996), novelist Aifric Campbell (MA, 2003), writer Tracy Chevalier (MA, 1994), historical novelist Judy Corbalis (MA, 1990), novelist Andrew Cowan (MA, 1985), novelist Fflur Dafydd (MA, 2000), writer Donna Daley-Clarke (MA, 2001), novelist Louise Doughty (MA, 1987), novelist Joe Dunthorne (MA, 2005), novelist Oliver Emanuel (MA, 2002), playwright Stephen Finucan (MA, 1996), short story writer David Flusfeder (MA, 1988), author Bo Fowler (MA, 1995), novelist Ruth Gilligan (MA, 2011), writer Tim Guest (MA, 1999), author Stephanie Hale (MA, 1993), writer Mohammed Hanif (MA, 2005), writer Jane Harris (MA, 1992), novelist and screenwriter Alix Hawley (MA, 2002), novelist Kathryn Hughes (MA, 1987), historian Naomi Ishiguro (MA, 2018), short story writer and novelist Mick Jackson (MA, 1992), novelist Christopher James (MA, 2000), poet Panos Karnezis (MA, 2000), novelist Larissa Lai (MA, 2001), novelist Hernán Lara Zavala (MA