Winners have been unveiled in four categories for the Nero Book Awards, celebrating outstanding books and writers from the U.K. and Ireland. Sponsored by Caffè Nero, the prizes are run in partnership with the Booksellers Association and Brunel University London. This year's Nero Book Awards category winners are:
Fiction: Lost in the Garden by Adam S. Leslie
Nonfiction: Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Shipwreck, Survival and Love by Sophie Elmhirst
Debut fiction: Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
Children's fiction: The Twelve by Liz Hyder, illustrated by Tom De Freston
From these four category winners, one book will be selected as the overall winner and recipient of the Nero Gold Prize for Book of the Year, to be named March 5 in London. Each category winner receives £5,000 (about $6,095), with the overall winner getting an additional £30,000 (about $36,580).