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21/04/2005
Brown takes Best Book for Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown's controversial but bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code, was last night named Best Book at the British Book Awards in London.
The conspiracy thriller has sold more than 17 million copies around the world and has been translated into 44 languages.
In his videotaped acceptance speech he said that that he was delighted the book had proved so controversial but added, "For the record, it is a novel".
British actress Sheila Hancock was named Author of the Year, for her book, The Two of Us: My Life With John Thaw, a frank account of her marriage to the late Thaw, also an actor.
Former American president Bill Clinton won Best Biography for his memoirs, entitled My Life, while the Literary Fiction award went to David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, which also picked up the prize for Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year.
The Lifetime Achievement Award went to the creator of Rumpole of the Bailey, Sir John Mortimer.
British Book Awards 2005
Author of the Year - Sheila Hancock
Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year - Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Biography of the Year - My Life by Bill Clinton
Book of the Year - The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Children's Book of the Year - The Gruffalo's Child by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Crime Thriller of the Year - Fleshmarket Close by Ian Rankin
History Book of the Year - William Pitt the Younger by William Hague
Literary Fiction Award - Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Newcomer of the Year Award - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Sports Book of the Year - Gazza: My Story by Paul Gascoigne
TV & Film Book of the Year - Himalaya by Michael Palin
Decibel Writer of the Year - Hari Kunzru
Lifetime Achievement Award - Sir John Mortimer
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