2009 British Book Awards

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By Staff

Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 13:32

The shortlist of the nominations for 2009 British Book awards has been released. At the top spot is none other than the US President Barack Obama who is short-listed for both author and biography of the year.

Obama wrote his first book Dreams From My Father in 1995 and before he enters the politics. The book deals with his life with the white grandparents. There are also glimpses of his drug uses and flirtations with the Black Power movement.

Obama's political book he Audacity of Hope was also a bestseller in UK while he was running for office in 2008. Kate Summerscale, who won last year's prize, joins Obama in being nominated twice for her work 'The Suspicions of Mr Whicher'.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on April 3 2009.

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