Catton, 28, beat competition from Colm TóibÃn, NoViolet Bulawayo, Jhumpa Lahiri, Ruth Ozeki and the favourite, Jim Crace, to be awarded the £50,000 prize by the Duchess of Cornwall at a ceremony in Guildhall in London.
The author started her second novel, The Luminaries, aged 25, and eclipsed the previous youngest recipient of the award, Ben Okri, who won in 1991 at the age of 32. Read more