We are delighted that Sophie Elmhirst has won the Nero Book Award for Non-Fiction for her novel Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Shipwreck, Survival and Love. Congratulations, Sophie!

The winners from each category were chosen by expert judging panels made up of authors, booksellers and journalists who, together, selected their best books of the year from writers based in the UK and Ireland. The full list of judges can be found here.

You can read more about the prize here.