Awards for authors

A total f 85,500 was distributed to writers at the Society of Authors’ annual Authors' Awards, based in the UK.
Debut novelist Ben Fergusson took the £10,000 Betty Trask Prize, while Goldsmiths PhD student Zoe Pilger received two awards for her first book - a Somerset Maugham Award and a Betty Trask Award.
Ben Macintyre won the £5,000 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography and non-fiction writers were also honoured in the Somerset Maugham Awards and Travelling Scholarships.
Maria C. McCarthy received £1,000 for her short story, More Katharine than Audrey.