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Liz Hobday

Book prize follows copycat claims against cupcake queen

Nagi Maehashi won illustrated book of the year for RecipeTin Eats: Tonight. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Recipe book writer Nagi Maehashi has beaten cupcake queen Brooke Bellamy at the publishing industry's annual awards, after Maehashi and other authors accused Bellamy of plagiarism.

Maehashi won the illustrated book of the year prize a second time at the Australian Book Industry Awards in Melbourne on Wednesday for her most recent book RecipeTin Eats: Tonight.

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