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Whitbread Book Award Winners 2003. 28th January 2004
The 2003 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year has been won by David Almond's The Fire-Eaters. No stranger to the award this is the second time David has scooped the Whitbread; his first novel for children, Skellig also won the Whitbread Children's Book of theYear in 1998 - not to mention a Carnegie Medal too! Good news also for Mark Haddon whose book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time managed to scoop the Whitbread 2003 Novel of the Year and go on to also win the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year. The book has been embraced by both children and adults and continues to win awards in both adult and children's categories.
The 2003 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year

			The Fire-eaters David Almond Judges: “A book that celebrates the mysteries that life holds of living, loving and fighting for what’s right in a world which may end tomorrow.”
			"I dreamed that books with my name on the cover would stand one day on the library shelves" "In writing for children, I've discovered a huge amount about the imagination and the elemental power of storytelling" Click here for David Almond's Author Profile

The 2003 Whitbread Novel of the Year and Overall Whitbread Book of the Year

			The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon Click here for Mark Haddon's Author Profile






For more information, visit http://www.whitbread-bookawards.co.uk/
click here to view the shortlist

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