The Costa Book Awards, based in the UK, is a very prestigious honor for any writer. The 2012 award winners were recently announced and will be recognized at a ceremony in London later this month. Since 1971, the awards have recognized writers in five categories: Novel, Biography, First Novel (you know my love of debut novels), Poetry, and Children's Book.
This year is especially notable as the winner of each category is a female author. Hilary Mantel won in the Novel category for Bringing Up the Bodies. You may remember Mantel for her extremely popular 2010 title, Wolf Hall. Francesca Segal takes home the prize in the New Novel category with her debut, The Innocents. I have to admit that I have not read this debut, yet, which is based upon Wharton's The Age of Innocence. If you have read it, I would love to hear your thoughts.
Mary Talbot won the Biography award for Dotter of Her Father's Eyes. This is the first graphic work to ever win a Costa. The Poetry award went to Kathleen Jamie for The Overhaul and Sally Gardner won the Children's Book award for Maggot Moon.
Check out the Costa Book Awards website for more information.
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