‘Extraordinary’ Joseph Coelho novel wins Carnegie medal for children’s writing

‘A novel that means a great deal to me’ … Joseph Coelho. Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Observer

Joseph Coelho has won the Yoto Carnegie medal for children’s books, marking the first time the prize has been awarded to a Black British writer.

The current children’s laureate won the prize, which is judged solely by librarians, for his “beautifully descriptive” The Boy Lost in the Maze, illustrated by Kate Milner.