Bring up the Bodies by novelist Hilary Mantel has won the title of 2012 Costa Book of the Year.
"The sequel to Mantel's award-winning novel Wolf Hall and the second book of a trilogy, Bring Up the Bodies continues the life of Thomas Cromwell and explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes in English history, the destruction of Anne Boleyn.
The announcement was made at an awards ceremony held at Quaglino’s in central London.
Mantel’s win secures her a unique place in literary history: Bring Up the Bodies is the first book to have been both named as Costa Book of the Year and won the Man Booker Prize in the same year.
The inaugural Costa Short Story Award, judged separately from the main prize, was won by Avril Joy.
Mantel, the bookmakers’ odds-on favourite, beat debut writer Francesca Segal, for The Innocents, graphic memoirists Mary and Bryan Talbot for Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes, Scottish poet Kathleen Jamie for The Overhaul and children’s author Sally Gardner for Maggot Moon, to win the overall prize and a cheque for £30,000 at the
awards ceremony.
Murray chaired a final judging panel that included actress Jenny Agutter, broadcaster Katie Derham, actress and writer Sophie Ward, author and comedian Mark Watson, poet Daljit Nagra and authors Wendy Holden, DJ Taylor and Marcus Sedgwick.
The Costa Book Awards recognise the most enjoyable books of the last year by writers based in the UK and Ireland. Originally established by Whitbread PLC in 1971, Costa announced its takeover of the sponsorship of the UK’s prestigious and popular book prize in 2006. 2012 marks the 41st year of the Book Awards." More at www.costabookawards.com
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