A Monster Calls wins both the Carnegie and the Greenaway

I'm pretty sure you all know this by now, but yesterday, A Monster Calls won both the Carnegie and the Greenaway, which is the first time that's ever happened in the history of anything.  Turns out I'm also only the second person to win two Carnegie Medals in a row.  All in all, a bit overwhelming, but I'm SO pleased, especially for Jim Kay winning the Greenaway and that people will have more reasons to talk about the late, great Siobhan Dowd.

There's been a ton of cool coverage of it:  a big thing on the BBC, a really good article in the Guardian, a very thoughtful blog in the Independent, a profile of me and Jim in the Telegraph, a How We Made in the Guardian about the book, plus a bunch more all over the place.  You can actually hear the whole ceremony online, including mine and Jim's speeches on the Carnegie site, too.

Thanks so much for all the congratulations and nice things you've all been saying in the comments section and on Twitter.  An amazing day yesterday, not least meeting the fantastic Shadowing Groups who came to the ceremony.  Wow.  I really do need a lie down.