Marion Pauw has with her book bird island won the Golden Nose 2022. The CPNB book umbrella announced this on Thursday evening. She received the prize during the Evening of the Exciting Book in Utrecht, which kicked off the Dutch Thriller Ten Days. It is the second time that Pauw has been awarded the prize. She previously won it in 2009 with Daylight.
Since 1986, the Gouden Strop has been awarded to the best Dutch suspense novel of the year. An amount of 10,000 euros is attached to the award. The winner was chosen by a jury of media professionals.
Pauw received the Golden Noose because bird island “Written by an author who knows how to drag the reader into a history that starts innocently but gets more and more sinister. A book that the jury members read in one go, that has a beautiful suspense and is difficult to predict due to the originality of the story .”
The Zilveren Strop, a jury prize of 500 euros for the best Dutch-language exciting story, was won by Marjolein van der Gaag with her story Below the water surface† The Shadow Prize, the incentive prize of 1,000 euros for the best thriller debut, is for Bas Haan and his debut Black.
Anya Niewierra gets for On the way the Hebban Thriller Prize, an amount for marketing and promotion. Niewierra also won the first edition of the Hebban Thriller Prize in 2020.
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