NEBA winner 2024

And the winner is...

We're thrilled to announce that the winner of this year's NE Book Award is local author Dan Smith with the gripping wartime adventure, The Wall Between Us.

Our young judges loved this high-stakes story, set during the Cold War.  They particularly loved the way it is written in a compelling mix of letters, notes, diary entries and reports, which really help the reader to understand what it was like to live through these traumatic events. 

Congratulations to Dan on his well-deserved NEBA win,  and to his brilliant publisher, Chicken House.

Dan kindly created this special video in which he talks about his NEBA win...

Congratulations to all our amazing shortlisted authors
and their publishers.

Only the very best books make it on to our shortlist - you're ALL winners in our book!