Lee Lawrence’s memoir of his mother’s shooting by police wins Costa award

The Louder I Will Sing wins best biography, with other prizes including best novel for Monique Roffey and posthumous poetry honour for Eavan Boland

• ‘My mum was more than the woman shot by police’: read an extract from The Louder I Will Sing

Debut author Lee Lawrence has won the Costa biography award for a memoir about his lengthy quest to find justice for his mother, who was left paralysed after being shot by London police in 1985.

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