2007 Costa Book Awards

The shortlists were announced on 20 November 2007. The winners in each category were announced on 3 January 2008, and the overall winner for Book of the Year was announced on 22 January 2008.

Book of the Year

*A. L. Kennedy, "Day"

Children's Book

Winner:
*Ann Kelley, "The Bower Bird"Shortlist:
*Elizabeth Laird, "Crusade"
*Meg Rosoff, "What I Was"
*Marcus Sedgwick, "Blood Red Snow White"

First Novel

Winner:
*Catherine O'Flynn, "What Was Lost"Shortlist:
*Tahmima Anam, "A Golden Age"
*Nikita Lalwani, "Gifted"
*Roma Tearne, "Mosquito"

Novel

Winner:
*A. L. Kennedy, "Day"Shortlist:
*Neil Bartlett, "Skin Lane"
*Rupert Thomson, "Death of a Murderer"
*Rose Tremain, "The Road Home"

Biography

Winner:
*Simon Sebag Montefiore, "Young Stalin"Shortlist:
*Julie Kavanagh, "Rudolf Nureyev"
*Ben Macintyre, "Agent Zigzag"
*Michael Simkins, "Fatty Batter"

Poetry

Winner:
*Jean Sprackland, "Tilt"Shortlist:
*Ian Duhig, "The Speed of Dark"
*John Fuller, "The Space of Joy"
*Daljit Nagra, "Look We Have Coming to Dover!"