Not bad going for a girl from the valleys. The novel – which scooped the Hugo award last month and tucked the Nebula under its belt in May – overcame stiff competition for the prize in the form of The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie, Stephen King's 11.22.63, Cyber Circus by Kim Lakin-Smith and George RR Martin's A Dance With Dragons at the British Fantasy Society event. Despite not yet having been published in the UK, her book, Among Others, took the British Fantasy award for best novel at Brighton's Fantasycon 2012 – its third major award this year.
O n Sunday night, Welsh-born novelist Jo Walton hit the hat-trick.
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