Our Authors Honeyman and Stott Win Costa Book Awards
January 3, 2018
Winners of the 2017 Costa Book Awards, one of the UK’s most prestigious and popular literary prizes, have been announced and two Penguin Random House authors and their books topped the following categories:
First Novel
Gail Honeyman for ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE (Pamela Dorman Books/Viking)
Biography
Rebecca Stott for IN THE DAYS OF RAIN (Spiegel & Grau)
Congratulations to our authors as well as their editors and publishers.
View the complete list of Costa Book Awards winners here.
All category winners receive £5,000 (about $6,800) and are eligible for the £30,000 (about $40,795) Costa Book of the Year prize, which will be announced on January 30 in London. Popular Company News
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