Yesterday Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book—which won the Newbery Medal in 2009—took home The Carnegie Medal in Literature. The Carnegie is the UK’s most prestigious children’s book award, and according to Gaiman in his acceptance speech, it’s also the most important book award that exists—since it was the first literary award he became familiar with when he read C.S. Lewis’ The Last Battle.
Gaiman is the first author to win both the Carnegie and the Newbery.
For more on The Graveyard Book, read a review in BookPage—in which Angela Leeper praises Gaiman’s “sharp, spine-tingling storytelling.” Also, watch Gaiman’s acceptance speech or the embedded video below of Gaiman talking about the award.
Did you enjoy The Graveyard Book?
Related content: Read about Gaiman’s love of libraries in our National Library Week interview; listen to Gaiman read from his new book Instructions.
