Because Cowards Get Cancer Too
John Diamond
1999 The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
In the first ever year of the Samuel Johnson Prize, Antony Beevor was crowned winner with his book Stalingrad, which went on to become a number one best-seller, and one of the most celebrated books of 1999. 148 books were entered, spanning genres such as biography, business and economics, and history
Longlist announced
16 April 1999
Winner & prize ceremony
14 June 1999
The winner
Stalingrad
Published by: Penguin
What the judges said“Stalingrad is stunning history. It is meticulous and original. Above all it speaks directly to its readers with force and a luminous humanity”
The shortlist
A prestigious shortlist of books are selected each year for the prize.
Meet the judges for 1999
The longlist, shortlist and winner is chosen by a panel of independent judges, which changes every year
James Naughtie
Previously chief political correspondent of The Guardian and The Scotsman
Cherie Booth
Fellow of Advanced Legal Studies
Orlando Figes
Winner of the 1997 WHS Smith Literary Award
Kate Summerscale
Winner of the 1998 Somerset Maugham Award
Professor Lewis Wolpert
Previous Chairman of the Committee for the Public Understanding of Science