Debut novelist Virginia Evans wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction for her novel The Correspondent. The award announcement is made alongside the nonfiction winner, BBC chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet, who receives the prize for her debut book, The Finest Hotel in Kabul. The winners are announced at a ceremony in central London on Thursday evening. Both awards carry a £30,000 prize. Evans’s The Correspondent is recognized as this year’s fiction winner. Doucet’s nonfiction work is cited for its focus on the human story behind the InterContinental hotel in Kabul, presented in the context of modern Afghanistan. Reporting on the winners highlights Doucet’s approach as centered on people and lived experience, drawing from her background as a foreign correspondent. The outlets agree on the pairing of the two prize categories, the winners’ debut status, the book titles, the locations and timing of the announcement, and the shared prize amount.