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Mantel's 'Wolf Hall' wins fiction prize in NYC

Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall' wins fiction prize from National Book Critics Circle in NYC. Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall," winner last year of the Man Booker Prize in London, was honored Thursday night on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.
 

National Book Critics Circle prize nominees chosen

Hilary Mantel, Mary Karr among nominees for National Book Critics Circle prize. Man Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel and National Book Award finalists Jayne Anne Phillips and Bonnie Jo Campbell were among the nominees announced Saturday night for the National Book Critics Circle prize.
 

Tycoon tales and Darwin get award nominations

Tycoon stories and Darwin books get National Book Award nominations. The subjects of this year's National Book Award nominees were better known than the authors.