Debut Author Scoops Waterstone's Children's Book Award!

  

This is the 5th year of the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize, which was created to discover the latest talent in children’s writing and to raise the profile of up-and-coming authors.   

  

 

And the winner is...  

The winner of the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Award 2009 is Michelle Harrison with her gothic fairy story, Thirteen Treasures, which tells the tale of Tanya, a young girl who can see fairies and tries to find out the truth about a mystery that haunts her families past.

 

Michelle is said to be now working on a sequel to The Thirteen Treasures, which she will again illustrate herself – so keep your eyes peeled!

 

The Runners up!  

The shortlisted titles were chosen by hundreds of booksellers and reading groups.  

  

 

         
Gnomes are Forever by Ceci Jenkinson   Zelah Green Queen of Clean by Vanessa Curtis   Changeling by Steve Feasey
         
         
Mapmaker's Monsters by Rob Stevens   How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant by Elen Caldecott   The Lady in the Tower by Marie-Louise Jensen
         
         
Numbers by Rachel Ward        
 

 

 

Previous Winners

            
     
Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls      The Diamond of Dury Lane by Julia Golding   The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill   Darkside by Tom Becker