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Alexander Marriott

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Member of the Crime Writers' Association and the Mystery Writers of America. ...more

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Whitehill Prize Finalist

I was notified by The New England Quarterly today that my submission for their annual Whitehill Prize, “Republicanism at War – Worcester, Massachusetts and the War of 1812” had been a finalist for this year’s prize.

While I did not win the prize, being a finalist is a humbling honor in its own right, and I am pleased to further share that the NEQ is sending my essay out to reviewers for publication

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