English novelist Hilary Mantel has been awarded the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her new novel “Wolf Hall,” based on the life of Thomas Cromwell, adviser to Henry VIII. “Wolf Hall” will be released in the United States on October 13.

• Books by Hilary Mantel — Booklist with links to the catalog to make it easy to find and request Mantel’s books from your library
• Booker prize goes to Hilary Mantel for Wolf Hall — News story from the Guardian, with a video of Mantel
• Hilary Mantel — Author profile on Macmillan Books website