NEW YORK: Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng has won the Walter Scott Prize, which honours historical fiction writers, for his post-World War Two novel, The Garden of Evening Mists.
Tan, who was born in Penang, Malaysia, and lives in South Africa, accepted the prize on Friday at the Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival in Melrose, Scotland.
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