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Dangerous brothers take Nibbies crown

29.03.07 Anna Richardson

Fraternal writing duo Conn and Hal Iggulden pipped Bolton comic Peter Kay to the post at this year's Galaxy British Book Awards, with The Dangerous Book for Boys securing the Book of the Year title.

The runaway hit, which has sold more than 550,000 copies to date through Nielsen BookScan, beat Kay's The Sound of Laughter, Sarah Waters' The Night Watch and Richard Dawkin's The God Delusion to take home the award, although Kay did win Biography of the Year and Dawkins snapped up Author of the Year.

Winners were crowned at a star-studded ceremony on Wednesday, with appearances from Cherie Blair, Sir Bobby Charlton and Sophie Dahl. Other awards went to Ian Rankin, who won Crime Thriller of the Year for The Naming of the Dead, and Steven Gerrard, whose autobiography won Best Sports Book, boosted by more than 4,000 votes from his supporters through Liverpool FC's website. The organisers said almost 200,000 public votes were cast overall, up by 50,000 from last year.

It came as no surprise that The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld won the Richard & Judy Best Read public vote, as it emerged as the bestselling title from this year's "Richard & Judy" Book Club selection. Runner-up was A M Homes' This Book Will Save Your Life, with Lori Lansen's The Girls in third place. Victoria Hislop was named newcomer of the year for The Island.

The Random House Group boasted four winners, while the Hachette group publishes three, and two were crowned from HarperCollins. The event will be shown in an hour-long 8 p.m. broadcast on the 30th March on Channel 4.

 

Nibbies winners in full:

READER'S DIGEST AUTHOR OF THE YEAR
Richard Dawkins The God Delusion

AMAZON.CO.UK BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR.
Peter Kay The Sound of Laughter

W H SMITH CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR
Ricky Gervais Flanimals of the Deep

BORDERS BOOK OF THE YEAR
Conn & Hal Iggulden The Dangerous Book for Boys

BCA CRIME THRILLER OF THE YEAR
Ian Rankin The Naming of the Dead

WATERSTONE’S NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Victoria Hislop The Island

SAINSBURY’S POPULAR FICTION AWARD
Marian Keyes Anybody Out There

TESCO SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR
Steven Gerrard Gerrard: My Autobiography

PLAY.COM TV & FILM BOOK OF THE YEAR
Lauren Weisberger The Devil Wears Prada

decibel WRITER OF THE YEAR
Jackie Kay Wish I Was Here

RICHARD & JUDY BEST READ OF THE YEAR
Jed Rubenfeld The Interpretation of Murder

THE BOOK PEOPLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
John Grisham

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