Fairy story The 13 Treasures wins Waterstones Childrens Book Prize
Debut author Michelle Harrison 29 has been named winner of the £5000 pound Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize. She wrote the first few chapters of her book, about Tayna a teenage girl who can see fairies, while at university. Waterstones Book shops said the “brilliantly imaginative” novel was set to be one of the biggest debuts of 2009. More here