I Am Malala wins National Specsaver Book Award

Malala Yousafzai's autobiography has been voted non-fiction book of the year
Malala was shot by the Taliban, when she was 15, for going to school. Written with foreign correspondent Christina Lamb, I am Malala tells about her upbringing in northern Pakistan and her recovery from the shooting in a British hospital.
The other National Book Awards category winners, announced last night, were:
• Autobiography/biography: David Jason: My Life (Century)
• Popular fiction: An Officer and a Spy, Robert Harris (Cornerstone)
• Crime book: The Carrier, Sophie Hannah (Hodder)
• Food and drink book: Eat, Nigel Slater (HarperCollins)
• International author: Gone Girl, Gilliam Flynn (Orion)
• Author of the year: Life after Life, Kate Atkinson (Transworld)
• Children's book: Demon Dentist, David Walliams (HarperCollins)
• Audiobook: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman (Headline)
• New writer: Tigers in Red Weather, Lisa Klaussmann (Picador)
Voting is now open for National Book Awards Book of the Year prize, which will be announced on 26 December.

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