NAMA Mia, the eleventh novel in the Ross O’Carroll-Kelly series, has been shortlisted for an Irish Book Award in the Popular Fiction Category. The book, which details the struggles of Ross, his family and circle of friends, to come to terms with post-boom Ireland, became an instant number one bestseller on its publication in September 2011.

The other books shortlisted in the Popular Fiction Category are: The Time of My Life by Cecelia Ahern, The Pink Ladies Club by Emma Hannigan, Me and My Sisters by Sinead Moriarty, All For You by Sheila O’Flanagan and Love and Marriage by Patricia Scanlan.

The winner of the award will be determined by the combined vote of you – the reading public – and the Irish Literary Academy. In total, fifty-seven titles have been shortlisted in ten categories. You can register your vote by clicking on http://www.irishbookawards.ie/PublicVote.aspx

The awards will be presented at a gala dinner in the RDS on 17 November, 2011.