The category award winners for the UK's Costa awards have been presented. The overall winner will be named January 30.
First novel: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
Novel: Reservoir 13, by Jon McGregor
Biography: In the Days of Rain, by Rebecca Stott
Children's: The Explorer, by Katherine Rundell
Poetry: Inside The Wave by Helen Dunmore (who died last June)
First novel: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, by Gail Honeyman
Novel: Reservoir 13, by Jon McGregor
Biography: In the Days of Rain, by Rebecca Stott
Children's: The Explorer, by Katherine Rundell
Poetry: Inside The Wave by Helen Dunmore (who died last June)