Tessa Hadley among nine winners of surprise $150,000 literary awards

The Windham-Campbell prizes, whose recipients are unaware they are in contention until they have won, were announced on Tuesday morning

The British novelist Tessa Hadley and the Irish playwright Abbie Spallen are among the nine writers whose lives have just been upended after learning they have each won a literary award worth $150,000 (£107,000).

The Windham-Campbell prizes were established three years ago with a gift from the late novelist Donald Windham, in memory of his partner Sandy M Campbell, to support the work of nine writers with an unrestricted grant of $150,000. Authors are not told they are in the running for the prize, and most are genuinely surprised when they are informed of their $150,000 win, according to organisers.

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