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Colin Barrett’s Wild Houses among winners of Nero book awards

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Colin Barrett’s Wild Houses among winners of Nero book awards

Jan 14 2025

Booker longlisted author Colin Barrett has won the Nero book award for debut fiction for his novel Wild Houses.

Meanwhile Adam S Leslie has won in the fiction category for Lost in the Garden, while Guardian Long Reads contributor Sophie Elmhirst’s Maurice and Maralyn was named nonfiction winner. Liz Hyder was awarded the prize in the children’s fiction category for The Twelve, illustrated by Tom De Freston.

Source: The Guardian

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