BOOK AWARDS
Guardian First Book Award 2004
http://books.guardian.co.uk/firstbook2004
The Guardian first book award was established in 1999 to reward the finest new literary talent with a £10,000 prize for an author's first book. Now in its sixth year, the award is open to writing across all genres. It is unique among book awards as debut works of fiction are judged alongside those of non-fiction.
The judging panel, chaired by the Guardian's literary editor Claire Armitstead, will award the winning author with £10,000 and an advertising package within the Guardian and Observer.
A series of regional reading groups, run through Waterstone's bookstores, will assist the judges in making their final selection of shortlisted works.
Winner (announced early December)
Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body: by Armand Marie Lero
Shortlist (announced end October)
Ground Water: by Matthew Hollis
Natasha: by David Bezmogis
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell: by Susanna Clarke
The Places In Between: by Rory Stewart
Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body: by Armand Marie Lero
Longlist (announced end August)
| Title (fiction) | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Ground Water | Matthew Hollis | Bloodaxe | 185224657x |
| Natasha | David Bezmogis | Jonathan Cape | 0224071254 |
| Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell | Susanna Clarke | Bloomsbury | 0747570558 |
| Becoming Strangers | Louise Dean | Scribner | 0743239997 |
| The Flood | David Maine | Canongate | 184195537x |
| Title (non-fiction) | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| A Chance Meeting | Rachel Cohen | Jonathan Cape | 0224072587 |
| The Places In Between | Rory Stewart | Picador | 0330486330 |
| High Tide: News from a Warming World | Mark Lynas | Flamingo | 000713939x |
| Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body | Armand Marie Leroi | Harpercollins | 0002571137 |
| Cosa Nostra | John Dickie | Hodder & Stoughton | 0340824344 |
