6 wins for Penguin Random House at the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018

Returning after a three year hiatus, the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018 were held last night (21 November), celebrating this year's best books. Over twelve categories, Penguin Random House authors walked away with six awards - with The Book of Dust author Philip Pullman crowned the UK's Author of the Year.

In the books categories, Transworld author Belinda Bauer won the Crime & Thriller Award for Snap, her Sunday Times Bestseller which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize earlier this year. She celebrated the win with fellow crime writer Val McDermid, who has called the book 'the best crime novel I've read in a very long time'.