BSFA Non-Fiction Award
I won!
I mean, without wanting to sound big-headed, I'm sort of used to being shortlisted. But I always convince myself that I'm not going to win.
Now I have, and I honestly don't know how to respond. I feel weird, a strange mixture of elation and deflation, I am ecstatically happy and I want to burst into tears at the same time. Now I know why you get those rambling speeches at the Oscars, because you can't really process how this feels.
Thank you to everyone who voted, regardless of whether you voted for me. And very many congratulations to the other winners, especially Ian McDonald.
I mean, without wanting to sound big-headed, I'm sort of used to being shortlisted. But I always convince myself that I'm not going to win.
Now I have, and I honestly don't know how to respond. I feel weird, a strange mixture of elation and deflation, I am ecstatically happy and I want to burst into tears at the same time. Now I know why you get those rambling speeches at the Oscars, because you can't really process how this feels.
Thank you to everyone who voted, regardless of whether you voted for me. And very many congratulations to the other winners, especially Ian McDonald.