BOOK AWARDS
Guardian First Book Award 2007
http://books.guardian.co.uk/firstbook
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 eighth 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)
Shortlist (announced end October)
| Title (fiction) | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| A Golden Age | Tahima Anam | John Murray | 9780719560095 |
| Imperial Life in the Emerald City | Rajiv Chandrasekaran | Harvill Secker | 9780747591689 |
| God's Architect | Rosemary Hill | Allen Lane | 9780713994995 |
| Children of the Revolution | Dinaw Mengestu | Jonathan Cape | 9780224079310 |
| What Was Lost | Catherine O'Flynn | Tindall St. | 9780955138416 |
Longlist (announced end August)
| Title (fiction) | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| A Golden Age | Tahima Anam | John Murray | 9780719560095 |
| Then We Came to the End | Joshua Ferris | Viking | 9780670916559 |
| Children of the Revolution | Dinaw Mengestu | Jonathan Cape | 9780224079310 |
| Look We Have Coming to Dover! | Daljit Nagra | Faber & Faber | 9780571231225 |
| What Was Lost | Catherine O'Flynn | Tindall St. | 9780955138416 |
| St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves | Karen Russell | Chatto & Windus | 9780701181185 |
| Title (non-fiction) | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Imperial Life in the Emerald City | Rajiv Chandrasekaran | Harvill Secker | 9780747591689 |
| A Guinea Pig's History of Biology | Jim Endersby | William Heinemann | 9780434012596 |
| God's Architect | Rosemary Hill | Allen Lane | 9780713994995 |
| Live Working or Die Fighting | Paul Mason | Harvill Secker | 9780436206153 |
