Text Publishing

Genesis in the running for the Guardian children's fiction prize 01.06.2009

9781921351426_regular

Bernard Beckett's gripping young adult novel Genesis has been longlisted for the Guardian children's fiction prize. Published by Quercus Books in the UK, Genesis is the first of the New Zealand author's novels to be published overseas.

Genesis won the NZ Post Young Adult Fiction prize and the Esther Glen Award in 2007, and was shortlisted for the Silver Inky in 2008.