TV Presenter Richard Osman Wins Writer Of The Year After Hit Debut Novel

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Richard Osman wins writer of the year after hit debut novel

ichard Osman has been topped writer of the year at the British Book Awards after the runaway success of his debut novel The Thursday Murder Club.


Pointless megastar Osman stated his win for his story of aged novice sleuths used to be an "absolute dream come true".


Also effective used to be Douglas Stuart's hard-hitting debut Shuggie Bain, which gained the basic e book of year, following 2020's Booker Prize-winning success.


Judges known as Stuart's book, which additionally received pleasant debut fiction, "exceptional".


The Thursday Murder Club follows a team of residents in a retirement village, whose interest is making an attempt to resolve cold-case crimes, till unexpectedly they locate themselves caught up in a homicide thriller of their own.


The novel went straight to quantity one in the charts when it used to be launched in September and has been in the pinnacle 10 fiction hardbacks ever since.


It is now solely the 2d person hardback fiction novel, after The Lost Symbol with the aid of Dan Brown, to promote greater than one million copies in the UK this century.


Two extra instalments have been commissioned and Steven Spielberg has sold the movie rights, with Osman performing as an govt producer.


"I am definitely overjoyed that humans have cherished The Thursday Murder Club, and this award is the cherry on the cake. Speaking of which, final time I used to be up for an award, Pointless misplaced out to Extreme Cake Makers, so this makes a very fantastic change." Osman said.


Alice O'Keeffe, chair of the panel of enterprise specialist judges, said the success of Osman's e book used to be "extraordinary".


"The Thursday Murder Club now holds the document for the longest consecutive run at the pinnacle (16 weeks), and it is by way of a ways the fastest-selling crime debut of all time.


"This success hooked up TV producer and Pointless megastar Richard Osman as a mega-brand writer straight out of the gate, making him a herbal preference for the British Book Awards creator of the year."

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