Looking at the similarities and (mostly) differences between SFF and literary world awards
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was the rare crossover: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Strange_%26_Mr_Norrell#Awards_and_nominations
Yes, totally! I wonder if it it helped that it was Clarke's debut novel so she perhaps hadn't been as pigeonholed yet?
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell was the rare crossover: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Strange_%26_Mr_Norrell#Awards_and_nominations
Yes, totally! I wonder if it it helped that it was Clarke's debut novel so she perhaps hadn't been as pigeonholed yet?