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EL James wins National Book Award

Fifty Shades of Grey

EL James's best seller Fifty Shades of Grey has been named popular fiction book of the year at the Specsavers National Book Awards in London. The erotic novelist beat competition from Kate Mosse, JoJo Moyes, Victoria Hislop, Bernard Cornwell and Dorothy Koomson to win the accolade. This year's Booker Prize winner, Hilary Mantel, was chosen as the UK author of the year for a second time.

 

National Book Critics Circle Prize Nominees Announced

National Book Critics Circle Prize Nominees Announced

Man Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel and National Book Award finalists Jayne Anne Phillips and Bonnie Jo Campbell were among the nominees announced Saturday night for the National Book Critics Circle prize. Other finalists include memoir writer Mary Karr, former U.S. poet laureate Louise Glueck and former National Book Award winner William T. Vollmann, cited by critics for his 1,300-plus-page "Imperial."

 

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