The Graveyard Book wins the Hugo Award for Best Novel

11 August 2009

Gerard Wood

Neil Gaiman has just picked up his fourth Hugo Award, the 2009 award for Best Novel for his outstanding young adult fantasy The Graveyard Book. While the novel does get a young adult classification, recognition like this proves once again (as if proof were needed) how well Gaiman's fiction transcends such narrow classifications as age. The Awards Ceremony took place on 9 August at the the 67th Worldcon in Montreal, Québec. A complete list of this year's Hugo Award Winners can be found on the Hugo Awards website.

Although this is Gaiman's fourth Hugo Award, many believe he would probably also have received the 2006 Hugo for Best Novel for Anansi Boys if he hadn't withdrawn it from consideration. His other Hugo Award winning works include my personal favourite, American Gods (Best Novel 2002), said to be one of the most highly honored works of fiction in recent times, Coraline (Best Novella 2003), and A Study in Emerald (Best Short Story 2004).

SFFMedia extends its congratulations to Neil and to all winners of the 2009 Hugo Awards!

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