The memoir, The Iceberg, by artist and writer Marion Coutts, about the last 18 months in the life of her husband, art critic Tom Lubbock, who died of a brain tumour in 2011, has won the 2015 Wellcome Book Prize. The prize recognises new books of fiction or nonfiction that have a central theme that engages with an aspect of medicine, health or illness. Books are submitted by publishers, with the winner receiving £30,000.
Previous winning publications include Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante (2011); Circulation, by Thomas Wright (2012) and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (2010).
30 April 2015
