One winner is selected in each of the five categories; Novel, First Novel,
Biography, Poetry and Children's Book, and each category-winning author receives
£5,000. This year's Category Award Winners will be announced on Thursday
3rd January 2008.
To see last year's Category Award Winners, click here....
One winner is selected in each of the five categories; Novel, First Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's Book, and each category-winning author receives £5,000.
This year's Category Award Winners are:
2007 Costa First Novel Award Winner
Catherine O'Flynn - What Was Lost - more about the book...
Judges: "A formidable novel blending humour and pathos in a cleverly constructed and absorbing mystery. An extraordinary book and a superb first novel."
2007 Costa Novel Award Winner
A.L. Kennedy - Day - more about the book...
Judges: "Although it could have been any one of our shortlist of four, we chose A.L. Kennedy as our winner because, through an extraordinary act of ventriloquism, she describes the waste and eventual resurrection of a young life shattered by war. This book is a masterpiece."
2007 Costa Biography Award Winner
Simon Sebag Montefiore - Young Stalin - more about the book...
Judges: "Everything you could ask for from a biography - exhaustive research, a compelling subject and a beautifully written narrative that will endure as a portrait of one of the towering figures of modern history."
2007 Costa Poetry Award Winner
Jean Sprackland - Tilt - more about the book...
Judges: "A great collection - crafted and delicate poems that tell us what it is to be alive now."
2007 Costa Children's Book Award Winner
Ann Kelley - The Bower Bird - more about the book...
Judges: "The world of life and death, beauty and truth seen through the eyes of a 12 year old girl. A rare and beautiful book of lasting quality - we felt this is a voice that needs to be heard and read."