2002 Whitbread Awards
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The 2002 Whitbread Book of the Year Awards was a book award ceremony that took place in 2002.
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Children's Book
Winner:- Hilary McKayHilary McKayHilary McKay is a British children's author.-Biography:She was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, and is the eldest of four daughters. She studied English, Zoology and Botany at St Andrews University before becoming a public protection scientist. Her first novel,The Exiles, was written in 1991...
, Saffy's AngelSaffy's AngelSaffy's Angel is the first novel in the Casson Family series written by Hilary McKay. The book is written about a family and their respective lives.-Plot summary:...
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- Julie BertagnaJulie BertagnaJulie Bertagna is a Scottish author who has written real life and science fiction novels for both children and young adults. Her books have been shortlisted for several literature awards, including the Carnegie Medal and her novel Exodus was the winner of the Lancashire County Library Children’s...
, ExodusExodus (2002 novel)Exodus is a science fiction novel written for young adults by Julie Bertagna published in August 2002. The story is set on an island faced with the problem of a rising shoreline, caused by a melting ice cap. Mara must think of a way to save herself, the other villagers and, most importantly, the... - Celia ReesCelia ReesCelia Rees is an English author of children's literature, including some horror and fantasy books.She was born in 1949in Solihull, West Midlands but now lives in Leamington Spa with her husband and teenage daughter. Rees attended University of Warwick and earned a degree in History of Politics...
, Sorceress - Philip ReevePhilip ReevePhilip Reeve is a British author and illustrator. He presently lives on Dartmoor with his wife Sarah and their son Samuel.-Biography:...
, Mortal EnginesMortal EnginesMortal Engines is the first of four novels in Philip Reeve's quartet of the same name, which is also known as the Hungry City Chronicles in the United States...
First Novel
Winner:- Norman LebrechtNorman LebrechtNorman Lebrecht is a British commentator on music and cultural affairs and a novelist. He was a columnist for The Daily Telegraph from 1994 until 2002 and assistant editor of the Evening Standard from 2002 until 2009...
, The Song of Names
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- Neil Astley, The End of My Tether
- Tariq Goddard, Homage to a Firing Squad
- Hari Kunzru, The Impressionist
Novel
Winner:- Michael FraynMichael FraynMichael J. Frayn is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy...
, SpiesSpies (Novel)Spies is a psychological novel by English author and dramatist Michael Frayn. It is currently studied by A-Level, and some GCSE, literature students in various schools.- Synopsis :...
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- Justin CartwrightJustin CartwrightJustin Cartwright is a British novelist.He was born in South Africa, where his father was the editor of the Rand Daily Mail newspaper, and was educated there, in the United States and at Trinity College, Oxford. Cartwright has worked in advertising and has directed documentaries, films and...
, White Lightning - Tim LottTim LottTim Lott is a British author. After running his own magazine publishing business, he graduated from the London School of Economics in 1986....
, Rumours of a Hurricane - William TrevorWilliam TrevorWilliam Trevor, KBE is an Irish author and playwright. He is considered one of the elder statesman of the Irish literary world and widely regarded as the greatest contemporary writer of short stories in the English language....
, The Story of Lucy GaultThe Story of Lucy GaultThe Story of Lucy Gault is a novel written by William Trevor in 2002. The book is divided into three sections: the childhood, middle age and older times of the girl, Lucy. The story takes place in Ireland during the transition to the 21st century. It follows the protagonist Lucy and her immediate...
Biography
Winner:- Claire TomalinClaire TomalinClaire Tomalin is an English biographer and journalist. She was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge.She was literary editor of the New Statesman and of the Sunday Times, and has written several noted biographies...
, Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
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- Miranda CarterMiranda CarterMiranda Carter is a British writer and biographer. She was educated at St Paul's Girls School and Exeter College, Oxford.Her first book was a biography of the art historian and spy Anthony Blunt, entitled Anthony Blunt: His Lives...
, Anthony Blunt: His Lives - Brenda MaddoxBrenda MaddoxBrenda Maddox FRSL is an American author, journalist, and biographer, who has lived in the UK since 1959.Born in Brockton, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, she graduated from Harvard University with a degree in English literature and also studied at the London School of Economics...
, Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA - Ysenda Maxtone Graham, The Real Mrs Miniver
Poetry
Winner:- Paul FarleyPaul FarleyPaul Farley is an award-winning English poet. He studied painting at the Chelsea School of Art, and has lived in London, Brighton and Cumbria...
, The Ice Age
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- David ConstantineDavid ConstantineDavid Constantine is a British poet and translator.Constantine is a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford University, and a graduate of Wadham College, Oxford. He is co-editor of the literary journal Modern Poetry in Translation...
, Something for the Ghosts - Ruth PadelRuth PadelRuth Sophia Padel is a British poet, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Zoological Society of London. She also writes non-fiction and more recently fiction, broadcasts on wildlife, poetry and literature for BBC Radio 3 and 4, and is Writer in Residence at The Environment Institute,...
, Voodoo Shop - Sheenagh PughSheenagh PughSheenagh Pugh is a British poet, novelist and translator who writes in the English language.-Life:Sheenagh Pugh studied languages at the University of Bristol. She now lives in Shetland but lived for many years in Cardiff and taught creative writing at the University of Glamorgan until retiring in...
, The Beautiful Lie