Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year Awards was the first year that a book in the children's category was chosen as book of the year. Table of contents 1 Book of the Year 2 Children's Book 3 First Novel 4 Novel 5 Biography 6 Poetry 7 Other Whitbread Awards Book of the Year Philip Pullman , The Amber Spyglass Children's Book Winner: Philip Pullman , The Amber Spyglass Short List: Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl Eva Ibbotson, Journey to the River Sea Terry Jones, The Lady and the Squire First Novel Winner: Sid Smith, Something Like A House Shortlist: Will Eaves, The Oversight Carl Tighe, Burning Worm Gerard Woodward, August Novel Winner: Patrick Neate, Twelve Bar Blues Shortlist: Helen Dunmore, The Siege Ian McEwan, Atonement Andrew Miller, Oxygen Biography Winner: Diana Souhami, Selkirk's Island Shortlist: Anthony Bailey, A View of Delft Adam Sisman, Boswell's Presumptuous Task Geoffrey Wall, Flaubert: A Life Poetry Winner: Selima Hill, Bunny Shortlist Charles Boyle, The Age of Cardboard and String Wendy Cope, If I don't know John Stammers, Panoramic Lounge-Bar Other Whitbread Awards 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 - 1999 - 1998 - 1997 - 1996 - 1995 - 1994 - 1993 - 1992 - 1991 - 1990 - 1989 - 1988 - 1987 - 1986 - 1985 - 1984 - 1983 - 1982 - 1981 - 1980 - 1979 - 1978 - 1977 - 1976 - 1975 - 1974 - 1973 - 1972 - 1971 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.