I heard you received a prize for you book .   yes , I did . I won a prize for best local history book at the annual book awards .   congratulations ! You must be very proud of your achievement .   actually , I was happy just to get the book published . Winning the prize was an added bonus .   what was the prize ?   I won $ 200 to spend on any books of my choice .   that ’ s a great prize for a person who writes books ! Have you ever won a prize before ?   I shared a prize with some friends last week . We won a bottle of whisky at a pub quiz . 