Which author won the 2009 Booker Prize for 'Wolf Hall'?

Hilary Mantel won the 2009 Booker Prize for her historical novel Wolf Hall.

The novel follows Thomas Cromwell’s rise from a blacksmith’s son to a powerful minister in the court of Henry VIII. Set largely between 1500 and 1535, it reimagines the political and religious upheavals surrounding Henry’s break with Rome and his attempt to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

Wolf Hall takes its title from Wolfhall, the Wiltshire seat of the Seymour family, whose daughter Jane later became Henry VIII’s queen. Mantel’s novel ends with the death of Sir Thomas More and is the first book in a trilogy completed by Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror and the Light.

A common mix-up is confusing the 2009 win with Mantel’s second Booker victory. She won again in 2012 for Bring Up the Bodies, making her the first woman to win the prize twice.