Katherine Rundell, famous for her children’s books, has been honoured by The British Book Awards as the author of the year, the first time in six years that a children’s writer has been awarded this accolade. The ceremony took place in London. Rundell’s latest book, fantasy adventure Impossible Creatures, also won the prize for children’s fiction book of the year. Waterstones named it book of the year for 2023.
Other notable winners included GT Karber’s murder-themed puzzle book Murdle, which was named the overall book of the year. The title was inspired by the addictive web-based game Wordle. The US author and computer programmer won the prize for non-fiction lifestyle and illustrated book of the year as well.
Rebecca F Kuang was the winner in the Fiction book of the year category for the second year. This time, the accolade went to Yellowface, which was praised for its “readable, razor-sharp grappling of issues of cultural appropriation” following its release.
Former Conservative MP Rory Stewart won in the Non-fiction narrative book of the year category for Politics on the Edge. It was Rory’s memoir about life in Parliament that beat memoirs by Duke of Sussex and Britney Spears.
Lisa Jewell won two titles at the ceremony – Crime and thriller book of the year and Audiobook Fiction book of the year, both for None of This is True. It is Jewell’s bestselling book in the last 20 years as an author.
Finally, the Children’s non-fiction award was presented to Atinuke’s Brilliant Black British History. Judges praised the book for its accessibility to children of all ages. In addition to the winners were Marian Keyes, Richard Osman and Bonnie Garmus whose contribution to the literary world were acknowledged
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