Nora Roberts was chosen as the winner of the Book of the Year for Angels Fall at the Quill Awards ceremony last night in New York. She also won the Romance category. In her acceptance speech Roberts joked, “Everyone seems to be thanking their husbands, wives and kids, but mine didn’t write this book,� before thanking her readers.
The Quill Awards are selected by the vote of librarians and booksellers from nominees made by Publishers Weekly. The Awards will be televised on NBC on Saturday, and MSNBC will stream the live video. In case you’d like to be surprised, we’ve linked to the complete list of winners here instead of posting them.
The Quill Awards are the only televised literary awards, and celebrity presenters included Sarah Ferguson (Duchess of York), Tina Brown, Brooke Shields, Joan Allen, Tiki Barber, Lorraine Bracco, Mary Higgins Clark, Karenna Gore-Schiff, Catherine Crier, Dan Rather, Gay Talese, Rocco DiSpirito and others.
