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WINNERS & SHORTLISTS 2008


Book Author Imprint
WINNER - On Chesil Beach Ian McEwan Jonathan Cape

Awarded to - J.K. Rowling

Book Author Imprint
WINNER - A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini Bloomsbury

Author Title Publisher/Imprint
WINNER - Ian McEwan for On Chesil Beach Jonathan Cape
Khaled Hosseini for A Thousand Splendid Suns Bloomsbury
Doris Lessing for The Cleft Fourth Estate
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for Half a Yellow Sun HarperPerennial
David Peace for The Damned Utd Faber & Faber

bba biography of the year
Book Author Imprint
WINNER - My Booky Wook Russell Brand Hodder & Stoughton
The Blair Years Alastair Campbell Hutchinson
Spilling the Beans Clarissa Dickson-Wright Hodder & Stoughton
On the Edge Richard Hammond Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Agent Zigzag Ben MacIntyre Bloomsbury


Book Author Imprint
WINNER - Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman Francesca Simon Orion Children's Books
That's Not My Penguin Fiona Watt Usborne
My Pony Care Book Katie Price Red Fox
Born to Run Michael Morpurgo HarperCollins Children's
Kiss Jacqueline Wilson Doubleday Children's

Book Author Imprint
WINNER - Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell Little,Brown
Bad Luck and Trouble Lee Child Bantam Press
The Tin Roof Blowdown James Lee Burke Orion
The Grave Tattoo Val McDermid Harper
Exit Music Ian Rankin Orion

newcomer of the year

Author Book Imprint
WINNER - Catherine O'Flynn What Was Lost Tindal Street
Rajiv Chandrasekaran Imperial Life in the Emerald City Bloomsbury
Stef Penney The Tenderness of Wolves Quercus
Paul Torday Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Markus Zusak The Book Thief Doubleday

Book Author Imprint
WINNER - The Memory Keeper's Daughter Kim Edwards Penguin
The Ghost Robert Harris Hutchinson
A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini Bloomsbury
The House at Riverton Kate Morton Pan
An Absolute Scandal Penny Vincenzi Headline Review

Book Author Imprint
WINNER - Long Way Down Ewan McGregor & Charlie Boorman Sphere
Don't Stop Me Now Jeremy Clarkson Michael Joseph
Nigella Express Nigella Lawson Chatto & Windus
A History of Modern Britain Andrew Marr Macmillan
The Wild Places Robert Macfarlane Granta