P. H. Newby Author, friend and colleague Anthony Thwaite in his obituary states: "P. H. Newby was one of the best English novelists of the second half of the century." P. H. Newby Percy Howard Newby CBE (25 June 1918 – 6 September 1997) was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. He was the first winner of the Booker Prize, his novel "Something to Answer For" having received the inaugural award in 1969. P.H. Newby, known as Howard Newby, was born in Crowborough, Sussex on 25 June 1918 and was educated at Hanley Castle Grammar School in Worcestershire, and St Paul's College of
Dundee International Book Prize winning the 2015 prize with his page turner – "Devil Take The Hindmost" in which he brilliantly evokes the seedier side of interwar London. "Devil Take the Hindmost" was published by Freight Books in June 2016. Jessica Thummel was 2016 winner. "The Cure for Lonely" (originally titled "The Margins") is the coming-of-age story of Sam Gavin, a transman who moves from Kansas to San Francisco in the summer of 1989. It will be published in summer 2017. Dundee International Book Prize The Dundee International Book Prize bills itself as the UK's premier prize for debut novelists. It includes a £5,000