British author Hilary Mantel was named winner of the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday, beating the likes of J.M. Coetzee and A.S. Byatt. She has previously lived in Jeddah as well. Mantel's “Wolf Hall”, a historical novel about English king Henry VIII's advisor Thomas Cromwell, was named winner at a ceremony at London's Guildhall. It was the bookmakers' favorite to win. Here are some facts about her: __
