British readers vote Harlan Coben their favourite crime writer
US author wins Bestseller Dagger award by popular vote ahead of homegrown talent
British readers have shown that they prefer the slick fiction of US author Harlan Coben to the home-grown talents of Alexander McCall Smith, Nicci French, Dick Francis and Martina Cole, voting him winner of the Bestseller Dagger, a new literary prize which saw ITV3 viewers voting for their favourite crime author.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Thursday, 22 October, 2009
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