2007 Costa Book Awards
The shortlists were announced on 20 November 2007. The winners in each category were announced on 3 January 2008, and the overall winner for Book of the Year was announced on 22 January 2008.
Book of the Year
Children's Book
Winner:
- Ann Kelley, The Bower Bird
Shortlist:
- Elizabeth Laird, Crusade
- Meg Rosoff, What I Was
- Marcus Sedgwick, Blood Red Snow White
First Novel
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Tahmima Anam, A Golden Age
- Nikita Lalwani, Gifted
- Roma Tearne, Mosquito
Novel
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Neil Bartlett, Skin Lane
- Rupert Thomson, Death of a Murderer
- Rose Tremain, The Road Home
Biography
Winner:
Shortlist:
- Julie Kavanagh, Rudolf Nureyev
- Ben Macintyre, Agent Zigzag
- Michael Simkins, Fatty Batter
Poetry
Winner:
- Jean Sprackland, Tilt
Shortlist:
- Ian Duhig, The Speed of Dark
- John Fuller, The Space of Joy
- Daljit Nagra, Look We Have Coming to Dover!