2018–19: Anna Burns, Milkman 2018–19: Special Award, Katy Hayward, for her Twitter account 2015–17: Fergal Keane, Wounds: A Memoir of Love and War[1] 2015–17: Special Award, Marianne Elliott (for her achievement in advancing the understanding of Irish history in Britain) 2013–14: Charles Townshend, The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence 1918-1923 2013–14: Special Award, Colette Bryce, The Whole & Rain-domed Universe (in memory of Seamus Heaney) 2011–12: Julieann Campbell, Setting the Truth Free: The Inside Story of the Bloody Sunday Justice Campaign 2011–12: Douglas Murray, Bloody Sunday: Truth, Lies and the Saville Inquiry 2011–12: Special Award: Peter Taylor (for his work covering Northern Ireland over many years) 2009–10: Timothy Knatchbull, From a Clear Blue Sky: Surviving the Mountbatten Bomb 2009–10: Guy Hibbert and Oliver Hirschbiegel, Five Minutes of Heaven 2007–08: David Park, The Truth Commissioner 2007–08 Special Award: Fergus D'Arcy, Remembering the War Dead 2005–06: Richard English, Irish Freedom: The History of Nationalism in Ireland 2005–06 Special Award: Michael Longley 2003–04: Tom Dunne, Rebellions: Memoir, Memory and 1798 2003–04 Special Award: Garret FitzGerald 2001–02: Linen Hall Library, Troubled Images Project 1999–2000: David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney and Chris Thornton, Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles[2] 1997–98: Peter Hart, The IRA and its Enemies; Violence and Community in Cork, 1916-1923 1995–96: Norman Porter, Rethinking Unionism: An Alternative Vision for Northern Ireland 1995–96: Sebastian Barry, The Steward of Christendom 1993–94: Fionnuala O'Connor, In Search of a State: Catholics in Northern Ireland 1991–92: Brian Keenan, An Evil Cradling 1989–90: John H. Whyte, Interpreting Northern Ireland 1989–90 special citation: Blackstaff Press 1987–88: David McKittrick and Mary Holland, newspaper columns 1986: Frank McGuinness, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme 1986 Special Award: Hubert Butler 1985: Brian Friel, Translations 1984: Oliver MacDonagh, States of Mind: A Study of Anglo-Irish Conflict, 1780-1980 1984: Padraig O'Malley, The Uncivil Wars: Ireland Today 1983: John Bowman, De Valera and the Ulster Question, 1917-1973 1982: Fortnight magazine 1981: F. S. L. Lyons, Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890-1939 1980: Robert Kee, Ireland: A Television History 1979: Stewart Parker, I'm A Dreamer, Montreal 1979: Dervla Murphy, A Place Apart 1978: A. T. Q. Stewart, The Narrow Ground: Aspects of Ulster 1609-1969 1978: Mícheál Mac Gréil, Prejudice and Tolerance in Ireland