King, Rowling, Gaiman win Quill Awards
The first annual Quill Book Awards were presented Tuesday night, with J.K. Rowling taking home two awards – including Book of the Year – for HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE.
Stephen King won not in the sci-fi/horror/fantasy category (that went to Christopher Moore’s THE STUPIDEST ANGEL), but sports, with the Red Soxirific FAITHFUL, which he penned with Stewart O’Nan. Not many other BOOKGASM-friendly titles were honored, except for Elizabeth Kostova’s THE HISTORIAN (Debut Author of the Year) and Neil Gaiman’s MARVEL 1602 (Graphic Novel).
You can view the complete list of winners here, or wait and be among the three or four people who will watch NBC’s broadcast on Oct. 22.
[...] One of our favorite books of the past couple years is Elizabeth Kostova’s debut novel THE HISTORIAN, a sprawling tale of a woman in search for her missing father, whose disapperance may or may not have a little sumthin’-sumthin’ to do with Dracula. Now the Quill Award-winner is fresh out in paperback, and BOOKGASM has five copies to give away! [...]