Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Is Women's Prize 'Winner of Winners'

As has become the custom for so many awards programs reaching significant anniversaries, the 25th year of the United Kingdom's Women's Prize for Fiction has used a public vote to select a "best of the best" honor.

Today (November 12), the organization in London has announced that the Nigerian-American author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named the program's "Winner of Winners" for her 2006 Half of a Yellow Sun (Penguin Random House). At the time of her 2007 win 13 years ago, the award program was called the "Orange Prize" for its lead sponsor.

In a statement, Adichie is quoted today saying, "I'm especially moved to be voted ‘Winner of Winners' because this is the prize that first brought a wide readership to my work-and has also introduced me to the work of many talented writers."