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...previously long-listed for the Booker Prize in 2005, for her novel Beyond Black...
...10/11 odds from British bookmaker William Hill to win the Booker Prize, the shortest ever given to an eligible author...
British novelist Hilary Mantel snapped up the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction on Oct. 6 for her novel Wolf Hall, a fictionalization of the life of Thomas Cromwell, adviser to Henry VIII, during the King's attempts to produce a male heir to his throne. Mantel's win was not a surprise; bookmakers considered Wolf Hall the heaviest favorite in years. Winning the Booker Prize carries with it a ?50,000 prize and historically catapults the title to the top of best-seller lists worldwide. This is Mantel's first time winning the award, which is given annually...
This is the first year in which two female scientists will be awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine...
Kristof and WuDunn—the first married couple to win a Pulitzer Prize together—spoke to a packed audience of their experiences in Malaysia and Africa while promoting their new co-authored book “Half the Sky,” which draws from the Chinese saying “women hold up half...