During the week President Barack Obama paid his first official visit to the UK for the G20 summit, he left with an extra accolade: a Galaxy British Book Award for the best biography of the year for Dreams From My Father.Other winners include:
- Book of the Year - The Suspicions of Mr Whicher by Kate Summerscale
- Outstanding Achievement - Michael Palin
- Best Read - When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson
- Author of the Year - Aravind Adiga for The White Tiger
- Crime Thriller - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
- Popular Fiction - Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks
- New Writer - Tom Rob Smith for Child 44
- Children's Book - Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
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Good to know he vanquished the vampires for the Galaxy!
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