Hilary Mantel Wins Second Man Booker Prize
Hilary Mantel has won the Man Booker Prize for fiction for Bring up the Bodies. The award was announced today during a dinner ceremony at London's medieval Guildhall.
"You wait 20 years for a Booker Prize and two come along at once," Ms. Mantel said, when accepting the award. Ms. Mantel won the prize for Wolf Hall in 2009.
Historical fiction is not dead - as some fear or hope - as Hilary Mantel winning the Man Booker prize has proven tonight. Two great Tudor books recognized by this hugely prestigious prize.
