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Wellcome Book Prize 2010

The 2010 Wellcome Book Prize went to The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. 6 books made the shortlist.

Winner

  1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Sklootsource (opens in a new tab)

Shortlist

  1. Angel of Death by Gareth Williamssource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma Hendersonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Medic by John Nichol and Tony Rennellsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. So Much for That by Lionel Shriversource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Teach Us to Sit Still by Tim Parkssource (opens in a new tab)

About the Wellcome Book Prize

Winner, shortlist and (2017-2019) longlist of the Wellcome Book Prize (Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2009-2012), for fiction and non-fiction about health and medicine. Year is the award year the prize uses. It ran 2009-2012 and 2014-2019; there was no prize in 2013, and in May 2019 Wellcome paused it, so nothing after 2019. The official site is gone, so every year comes from archive.org snapshots of wellcomebookprize.org/past-prizes/<year>. Longlists were first published in 2017; 2009-2016 cover the shortlist only. Titles are the short titles the prize site used. The 2010 page spells the Medic co-author 'John Nichols'; the author is John Nichol, with Tony Rennell.

Organization: Wellcome Trust. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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