The winner of the Costa children's book award is Ann Kelley for The Bower Bird.
The book is about love, life and death seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old girl with congenital disease. It's the sequel to Kelley's The Burying Beetle.
The winners in the other categories are:
First novel
Catherine Flynn for What Was Lost.
Novel
AL Kennedy for Day.
Biography
Simon Sebag Montefiore for Young Stalin
Poetry
Jean Sprackland for Tilt
The Wizard's Daughter--Fantasy Romance
The Wizard's Daughter - The best fairy tale for adults! The Wizard's Daughter is a fantasy romance with a charming cast of characters. The novel follows Phaedra as she is kidnapped by mistakes and comes up with a way to get the mercenary Adrian to work on her side. To save Millie from a horrible fate, they must get to the wizard. Perfect for those who read romance, fantasy, teens and adults, and those who read widely. Buy your first edition quickly before first editions are sold out! Visit http://www.stargazerpress.com/
Posted by: RENE | Saturday, April 05, 2008 at 10:18