Andrea Levy Wins Walter Scott Prize

First Posted: 06/21/11 04:28 PM ET Updated: 08/21/11 06:12 AM ET

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guardian.co.uk:

Andrea Levy's story of the end of slavery, The Long Song, has won the £25,000 Walter Scott prize for historical fiction.

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