all past prizes

2009

Keeper

By Andrea Gillies

Biography, Non-Fiction

Published by Short Books

Winner 2009

Keeper

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Shortlist

Intuition

By Allegra Goodman
Three Letter Plague

By Jonny Steinberg
Tormented Hope

By Brian Dillon
Cutting for Stone

By Abraham Verghese
Keeper

By Andrea Gillies
Illness

By Havi Carel

Judges

Richard Barnett

Author and academic
Jo Brand

Comedian and novelist
Quentin Cooper

Science journalist and critic
Gwyneth Lewis

Poet and writer
Raymond Tallis

Novelist and physician