Prize for the Fire

"Best known for her American Book Award-winning novel about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Fire in Beulah, Rilla Askew is the author of five novels, two books of stories, and a collection of creative nonfiction, Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place, which was longlisted for the PEN America Award for the Art of the Essay. Askew is a PEN/Faulkner finalist and recipient of the Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her novel about the Early Modern English writer Anne Askew, Prize for the Fire, was a finalist for the 2023 Oklahoma Book Award. Rilla Askew is the author of five novels, two books of stories, and a collection of creative nonfiction. She’s a PEN/Faulkner finalist and recipient of the American Book Award, Western Heritage Award, Oklahoma Book Award, and the Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters."

"Ruth has worked as an Audiobook Narrator for the past 7 years, both in studios and from her own studio at home. She has narrated 35 Audiobooks during that time across a range of genres, including Historical Fiction, Cosy Mystery, Thriller and several non-fiction titles. In 2023 she won an Audiofile Earphones award for her narration of ‘Deadline’, a thriller written by Geoff Major and she is the favourite narrator of several authors who keep coming back to her to narrate their next book. These include Tony Riches, Mark Eccleston, Geoff Major and Suzanne Winterley. Ruth is an experienced actor who works across genres including Theatre, Film and Television in addition to her narration work and her experience and training at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School support her narration work. Before becoming an actor and narrator she was a teacher of English literature and Theatre Studies."