January 22, 2002 -- Philip Pullman is the first children's author to win the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for The Amber Spyglass! Chairman of the Whitbread judges Jon Snow said, Pullman is in a league of his own. This is indeed a remarkable moment when a children's book has swept the board. The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a ...

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