An author has won an award for her debut novel at a book awards event.

The Isle of Wight Book Awards, which have been running for three years, were held at the Island Sailing Club in Cowes on October 1.

Judges included Hunter Davies, Alan Titchmarsh, and Anne McNeil.

Georgina Moore, the author of The Garnett Girls, was awarded the fiction prize. The novel is set on the Island.

Patrick Crowley was awarded the non-fiction prize for his book Rose, Castle and Crown.

The children's prize was shared between two authors, Michael E. Willis for Troubled, and Peter J. Murray for The Darker Side of Wight.

At the event, a raffle was held and the judges' copies of all the books entered for the award were sold to raise funds for the Isle of Wight Search and Rescue.

A total of £630 was raised for the charity.

Next year's awards are open to anyone published (either self-published or professionally released) during the previous year.

The only conditions are the book must have a physical form and there has to be some element of Isle of Wight content.

The full shortlist of winners and runners-up is:

Fiction:

First prize: The Garnett Girls by Georgina Moore

Second prize: Sisters by Rose O'Meara

Third prize: Julia by David Hughes

Non-Fiction:

First prize: Rose, Castle and Crown by Patrick Crowley

Second prize: Uffa: Yachting’s Eccentric Genius by Malcolm Turner

Third prize: 100 Treasures and Curiosities from the Collection of Carisbrooke Castle Museum by Dr Rachel Tait & Kate Tiley

Children's:

Joint first: The Darker Side of Wight by Peter J Murray

Joint first: Trouble by Michael E Wills.

Hunter Davies, founder and judge said: "So professional and well written. I found The Garnett Girls so engaging and soooo Isle of Wight. Such a worthy winner."

Alan Titchmarsh said: "Very enjoyable and quite surprising for a debut novel. Characters you care about and a good sense of place."

Anne McNeil said: "There was a real lightness of touch to The Garnett Girls. I loved the escapism and the sense of place. Georgina brought the Island to life for me in the way that Mary Wesley brought Cornwall to life."