Caroline Criado-Perez, the author of Invisible Women and Do It Like a Woman, has won the inaugural Unwin Award. Criado-Perez was revealed as the winner during a ceremony held at the Royal Institution in London on 1st April, which also saw quantum physicist and author Professor Jim Al-Khalili deliver the Unwin Award Lecture.
What is The Unwin Award?
2025 is the inaugural year of this new literary award recognising non-fiction authors in the earlier stages of their careers whose work is considered to have made a significant contribution to the world.
The award, administered by the Publishers Association, aims to "champion and showcase the value of the UK publishing industry to the world". The Unwin Award has been made possible following a donation from the Unwin Charitable Trust.
Worth £10,000, the winner of The Unwin Award will be awarded to the author for their overall body of work (comprising no more than three non-fiction books), rather than being associated with a specific title.
The award is judged by an independent panel of judges.
The Unwin Award Judges
The judging panel described Criado-Perez as a "political, passionate and persuasive" author, and praised the scope of her research, as well as her use of statistics and her willingness to share personal insights through her writing.
Professor Shahidha Bari, chair of the Unwin Award 2025 judging panel, commented: "The Unwin Award is given to Criado-Perez in acknowledgement of the wide and deep impact of her work. These are galvanising books, written with equal measures of knowledge and passion. She has the gift of imparting to her readers the sense of righteous fury that comes from systemic and structural inequalities. Criado-Perez is a diligent researcher, moving deftly between science writing, feminist politics and data analysis to produce what are compelling and crucial interrogations of culture, government, history and society."
Dan Conway, CEO of the PA, added: "The Unwin Award aims to celebrate authors whose work has made a truly valuable impact on society. Caroline Criado-Perez’s impact on the cultural conversation in the UK and beyond is incredibly significant and this is testament to the quality of her research and the energy of her writing. Huge congratulations to Caroline and her publishing team."
Perez said: "I wrote Invisible Women because I wanted people to see the world as I saw it; to recognise the damage that we do when we render 50% of the global population invisible; and to be inspired to make a difference. I wrote because I wanted things to change – and so I’m honoured and delighted to receive this award, which recognises the power of books and publishing to do exactly that."
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