Catherine O'Flynn wins Costa First Novel Award

(Posted Jan 7, 10:24 AM)



Birmingham author Catherine O’Flynn has won the Costa First Novel Award for What Was Lost, her novel published by Tindal Street Press. The judges described it as:

A formidable novel blending humour and pathos in a cleverly constructed and absorbing mystery. An extraordinary book and a superb first novel.

Many readers’ groups in the region will have enjoyed this book, and may possibly have met Catherine (for instance at Birmingham Book Festival’s Readers’ Day in October).

For more information on the Costas go to Costa Book Awards

For more information on Catherine’s book and Tindal Street Press go to Tindal Street Press