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Hilary Mantel

(Hilary Mary Mantel)
UK  (1952 - )
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About Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mary Mantel CBE, née Thompson, is an English novelist, short story writer and critic. Her work, ranging in subject from personal memoir to historical fiction, has been short-listed for major literary awards. In 2009, she won the Man Booker Prize for her novel Wolf Hall.
 
New and Forthcoming Hardbacks
Bring up the Bodies
Bring up the Bodies
(Wolf Hall Trilogy, book 2)

New and Forthcoming Paperbacks
Bring up the Bodies
Bring up the Bodies
(Wolf Hall Trilogy, book 2)

Series
Wolf Hall Trilogy
1. Wolf Hall (2009)
2. Bring up the Bodies (2012)
Wolf HallBring up the Bodies
 
Non fiction
Giving Up the Ghost: A MemoirInk in the Blood: A Hospital Diary
 
Awards
The Man Booker Prize Best Novel nominee (2005) : Beyond Black
The Man Booker Prize Best Novel winner (2009) : Wolf Hall


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