Of these, 41 authors have won, including one tie.

A few authors have won the award for best novel more than once:

The committee is not to consider the entire body of work by an author or whether the author has previously won the award.

The award is worth £60,000 and an author can only win once.

Knopf's authors also won three Pulitzers in 1988 and 1991.

Two authors have won awards for their stories featured in Orb.

Does the author win your sympathy for the cats?

Only one other author has won this award twice.

The author won a national magazine award for the article the book was subsequently based on.

Tomorrow we find out which author will win this year.