The Book Prize Index

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Frances Wilson

Explore the prize-recognized books by Frances Wilson represented in the index.

3

Recognized books

1

Wins

5

Lists

18

Index score

2016—2025

Recognition span

Author in the index

Frances Wilson has 3 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2016 and 2025. The records span 4 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Plutarch Award2
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1
Los Angeles Times Book Prize1
National Book Critics Circle Awards1

Subject profile

Indexed works

Books by Frances Wilson

3 books · sorted by recognition

Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas De QuinceyBiography201610 ptsElectric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel SparkBiography20254 ptsBurning Man: The Trials of D. H. LawrenceBiography20214 pts
YearTitleSubjectScoreWinsListsImprint
2016Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas De QuinceyBiography1003Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2025Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel SparkBiography401Bloomsbury
2021Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. LawrenceBiography411Farrar, Straus and Giroux

All books on this page are credited to Frances Wilson.

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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