A.S. Byatt and John Carey were named winners of this year's James Tait Black Memorial Prizes, "following in the footsteps of acclaimed writers including D.H. Lawrence and Evelyn Waugh," BBC News reported. The award is given for the best work of fiction and the best biography published during the previous 12 months. Each winner receives £10,000 (US$15,535). Byatt won the fiction category for her novel The Children's Book, and Carey garnered the biography prize for William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies.