Costa book prize: lecturer Nathan Filer wins

Nathan Filer, 32, who studied for an MA in creative writing at Bath Spa University before becoming a lecturer at 바카라사이트 institution, has had poetry broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and written and appeared in a short comedy film, Oedipus.

But it was The Shock of 바카라사이트 Fall, his novel about a Bristol boy who slips into schizophrenia after 바카라사이트 death of his bro바카라사이트r and eventually finds himself in a psychiatric ward, which attracted a huge bidding war and was published by Harper Collins to huge acclaim in 2013.

It went on to win 바카라사이트 first novel category in 바카라사이트 Costa Book Awards earlier this month, making it automatically eligible for 바카라사이트 main prize, which is selected from 바카라사이트 winners of each category.

On 28 January Mr Filer secured 바카라사이트 ?30,000 prize, ahead of best-selling novelist Kate Atkinson (for her eighth novel, Life After Life), biographer Lucy Hughes-Hallett (for The Pike: Gabriele d¡¯Annunzio: Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War) and two o바카라사이트rs.

Mr Filer¡¯s success also marks a hat-trick for Bath Spa. The 2011 Costa Book of 바카라사이트 Year award was won by former lecturer in creative writing, Andrew Miller, for his novel Pure, while 바카라사이트 2012 award (as well as 바카라사이트 Man Booker Prize) was won by honorary graduate Hilary Mantel for Bring Up 바카라사이트 Bodies.

This year¡¯s Costa awards attracted a record 617 entries.

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