|  Mark
Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-Time, has been nominated in a record five categories
at this years British Book Awards.
The book is shortlisted for the Best Book Award, Literary
Fiction Award, Children's Book Award and Audiobook Award.
Haddon is also shortlisted for the Author of the Year Award.
Children's authors are well represented in the Author of
the Year award with both Philip Pullman and Jacqueline Wilson,
recently named as the most borrowed author in British libraries,
making it onto the shortlist.
Pullman is also on the shortlist for the Audiobook Award
for the BBC adaptation of the His Dark Materials trilogy.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is also shortlisted
in the Book of the Year category with, amongst others, the
David Beckham biography and Brick Lane by Monica Ali.
Children's Book Award Shortlist
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark
Haddon
Eagle Strike by Anthony Horowitz
The English Roses by Madonna
Goodbye Mog by Judith Kerr
Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman
Shadowmancer by GP Taylor
The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson & Alex Scheffler
The awards will be announced live on Channel 4 on 7 April.
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