Penguin Random House | London, 05/20/2019

Five British Book Awards For Penguin Random House UK

Penguin Random House UK has won five British Book Awards. Two awards went to Michelle Obama’s memoirs “Becoming.” The Penguin General and Vintage imprints also won awards, as did Transworld author Lee Child. Child was named Author of the Year. The literature prize made its debut in 1990.

Penguin Random House UK is delighted to have won five 2019 British Book Awards, two of them thanks to Michelle Obama. Her memoir “Becoming,” published by Viking and a number-one bestseller for months in the U.K. as elsewhere, won Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year. The audiobook read by the former First Lady of the United States herself also won Audiobook of the Year. It was published by Penguin Random House Audio. Penguin General proudly accepted the coveted Publisher of the Year award at the ceremony in London. 2018 was an exceptionally strong year for the publisher, with 19 different books on the Sunday Times bestseller lists alone.

Transworld author Lee Child was also a winner at the British Book Awards, which are held in association with Bookseller Magazine. He was named Author of the Year. 2018 marked the release of Child’s latest book, “Past Tense,” one of the year’s most eagerly anticipated thrillers. Last but not least, the fifth 2019 British Book Award for Penguin Random House went to the Vintage advertising campaign for Imogen Hermes Gowar’s book “The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock,” which helped to make it the year’s top-selling literary fiction debut. The British Book Awards were first presented by Fred Newman in 1990 and were taken over by the trade magazine “The Bookseller” two years ago. Every year, an independent jury honors the best books and authors of all genres, as well as outstanding achievements in publishing.