The

Costa Book Awards The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in UK and Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first sponsor, the Whitbread company, the ...

category winners for 2017 were announced on 2 January 2018.

Book of the Year

* '' Inside the Wave'' by

Helen Dunmore Helen Dunmore FRSL (12 December 1952 – 5 June 2017) was a British poet, novelist, and short story and children's writer. Her best known works include the novels ''Zennor in Darkness'', '' A Spell of Winter'' and '' The Siege'', and her last ...

(poetry; posthumous award)

First Novel

* Winner: ''

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine ''Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine'' is the 2017 debut novel by Gail Honeyman, and the winner of the 2017 Costa Debut Novel Award. The story centres on Eleanor Oliphant, a social misfit with a traumatic past who becomes enamoured with a si ...

'' by

Gail Honeyman Gail Honeyman (born 1972) is a Scottish people, Scottish writer whose debut novel, ''Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine'', won the 2017 Costa Book Awards, Costa First Novel Award. Biography Born and raised in Stirling in central Scotland to a ...

Novel

* Winner: '' Reservoir 13'' by

Jon McGregor Jon McGregor (born 1976) is a British novelist and short story writer. In 2002, his first novel was longlisted for the Booker Prize, making him then the youngest ever contender. His second and fourth novels were longlisted for the Booker Prize ...

Biography

* Winner: '' In the Days of Rain'' by

Rebecca Stott Rebecca Stott (born 1964) is a British writer and broadcaster and, until her retirement from teaching in 2021, was Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of ...

Poetry

* Winner: '' Inside the Wave'' by

(posthumous award)

Children's Book

* Winner: '' The Explorer'' by

Katherine Rundell Katherine Rundell (born 1987) is an English author and academic. She is the author of ''Rooftoppers'', which in 2015 won both the overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story, and was short-listed for t ...

References

Costa Book Awards

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