The Book Prize Index

Authors / person-claire-tomalin

Portrait of Claire Tomalin

Claire Tomalin

English biographer and journalist.

Wikipedia
Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

4

Recognized books

3

Wins

7

Lists

26

Index score

1990—2011

Recognition span

Author in the index

Claire Tomalin has 4 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 1990 and 2011. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Costa Book Awards2
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1
James Tait Black Prizes1
Los Angeles Times Book Prize1
National Book Critics Circle Awards1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Claire Tomalin

4 books · sorted by recognition

Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled SelfBiography—12 ptsThe Invisible Woman: The Story Of Nelly Ternan And Charles DickensBiography—8 ptsThomas Hardy: the Time-Torn ManBiography20064 ptsCharles Dickens: A LifeBiography20112 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
—Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled SelfBiography1213Vintage Books
—The Invisible Woman: The Story Of Nelly Ternan And Charles DickensBiography822Viking
2006Thomas Hardy: the Time-Torn ManBiography401Viking
2011Charles Dickens: A LifeBiography201Viking

All books on this page are credited to Claire Tomalin.

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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