Fairy tale outcome for local authors at awards

Closer look: (From left) Putrajaya International Convention Centre Sdn Bhd CEO Badlishah Hj Ahmad, Aseh, MPH Bookstores Sdn Bhd director Datuk Dr Abdullah Abdul Rahman and Kee checking out some items on display at the book fair.

PUTRAJAYA: It was a good day for the Malaysian book industry yesterday, as local authors took home many of the major prizes at the MPH Best of 2014 Awards.

Malaysian horror author Tunku Halim took the prize in the Best English Adult Fiction category with his anthology Horror Stories, triumphing over international best-sellers such as Cecilia Ahern’s Love Rosie, Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, Lang Leav’s Lullabies and Haruki Murakami’s Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage.