Telegraph.co.uk | Mantel named Booker prize winner BBC News Author Hilary Mantel has been named Man Booker Prize winner for her historical novel Wolf Hall. Mantel, 57, beat five other shortlisted authors, including Sarah Waters and JM Coetzee, with her book based on Henry VIII's adviser Thomas Cromwell. ... Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall wins 2009 Booker for fiction Man Booker Prize won by Hilary Mantel's tale of historical intrigue Hilary Mantel wins Man Booker Prize for Wolf Hall |