Hilary
Mantel

Hilary Mantel is the author of thirteen books, including A Place of Greater Safety, Beyond Black and the memoir Giving Up the Ghost. Her two most recent novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, have both been awarded the Man Booker Prize. With this historic win, Hilary Mantel becomes the first British author and the first woman to be awarded two Man Booker Prizes, as well as being the first to win with two consecutive novels.