Bring Up The Bodies
In this video, Hilary Mantel reveals how it feels to be the first person to win both the Man Booker and Costa Book of the Year inthe same year, for her book ‘Bring up the Bodies’.
Hilary Mantel and her novel Bring up the Bodies, beat debut writer Francesca Segal for The Innocents, Mary and Bryan Talbot for their graphic memoir,Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes, poet Kathleen Jamie for The Overhaul and children’s author Sally Gardner for Maggot Moon, to win the overall prize and a cheque for £30,000.
The overall winner was announced at an awards ceremony in central London on Tuesday 29th January 2013.
The winning author was decided by a judging panel including Jenny Agutter, Katie Derham, Mark Watson, Sophie Ward, Wendy Holden, D.J. Taylor, Daljit Nagra and Marcus Sedgwick. The panel was chaired by writer, journalist and broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray. Originally established in 1971 by Whitbread Plc, Costa announced its takeover of the sponsorship of the UK's most prestigious book prize in 2006.