The Book Prize Index

Costa Book Awards: Biography

The Costa Book Awards Biography category recognized biography, autobiography, and memoir within the former Costa/Whitbread awards program.

BiographyAward
Winners
58
Finalists
67
Shortlisted
0
Longlisted
0
First year
1971
Latest year
2021
Books
124

Deadline

Not yet sourced

Prize amount

Not yet sourced

Criteria / coverage

Active years represented: 1971-present. Winners from 1971 onward; shortlists from 1995 onward. Includes the Whitbread Biography Award era (1971-2005).

Source coverage

100%

Sourced records

125 of 125

Official site

Open source

Submission info

Open source

Prize history