Moira Young's Blood Red Road leads Costa book winners
Debut work wins children's book award and will go up against Carol Ann Duffy, Matthew Hollis, Andrew Miller and Christie Watson for £30,000 main prize
A former chorus girl has been named one of the 2011 Costa book award winners for her debut novel, dystopian thriller Blood Red Road. Moira Young won the children's book prize for her adrenaline-fuelled story of a girl searching for her kidnapped twin brother, the first instalment of a trilogy which Hollywood – in the shape of Ridley Scott – already has its eyes on.
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Tuesday, 3 January, 2012
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