| Whitbread First Novel Award |
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Caroline Gascoigne
Literary Editor, Sunday TimesCaroline Gascoigne has been on the staff of The Sunday Times for 12 years... more... |
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Joanne Harris
AuthorJoanne Harris studied Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge... more... |
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Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer joined Foyles in 1991... more... |
| Whitbread Novel Award |
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Toby Bourne
Buyer, Books - ASDAToby Bourne has been in the book trade for 9 years... more... |
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Jenny Colgan
WriterJenny worked for the National Health Service... more... |
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Amanda Craig
AuthorAmanda Craig is author of five novels... more... |
| Whitbread Biography Award |
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Claire Armitstead
Literary Editor, The GuardianClaire trained as a journalist on the South Wales Argus... more... |
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Roy Hattersley
Writer and BroadcasterRoy Hattersley is now Visiting Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield... more... |
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Mary James
Aldeburgh BookshopMary James worked for 15 years for Bernard Quaritch as an antiquarian bookseller... more... |
| Whitbread Poetry Award |
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Philip Bell
Blackwell''s, OxfordPhilip Bell joined the book trade in 1985 working as a bookseller... more... |
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Lavinia Greenlaw
Poet and AuthorLavinia Greenlaw is a poet and novelist... more... |
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Luke Leitch
Arts Correspondent, Evening StandardLuke Leitch was brought up in Australia by his mother... more... |
| Whitbread Children's Book Award |
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Kevin Crossley-Holland
AuthorKevin Crossley-Holland is a poet, children’s writer, librettist and translator from Anglo-Saxon... more... |
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Katie Derham
ITV News PresenterKatie Derham presents the ITV Evening News, and is heading the relaunch of London Tonight... more... |
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Lizo Mzimba
PresenterLizo has been a presenter on CBBC's children's News programme, Newsround, for the last five years... more... |
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Sharon Sperling
Vice-Chair, CILIP Youth Libraries GroupSharon Van Deusen Sperling has worked in libraries in New York, Dorset, London and Kent... more... |
