Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Orange Prize for Fiction

The Orange Prize for Fiction longlist was announced on March 18, 2009.

The Orange Prize for Fiction is awarded to the woman who, in the opinion of the judges, has written the best, eligible full-length novel in English.

The prize is open to any full length novel, written in English by a woman of any nationality, provided that the novel is published for the first time in the United Kingdom between 1 April of the year before the prize is awarded and 31 March of the year in which the prize is awarded.

Orange Prize for Fiction 2009 Longlist

Debra Adelaide The Household Guide to Dying
Gaynor Arnold Girl in a Blue Dress
Lissa Evans Their Finest Hour and a Half
Bernardine Evaristo Blonde Roots
Ellen Feldman Scottsboro
Laura Fish Strange Music
V.V. Ganeshananthan Love Marriage
Allegra Goodman Intuition
Samantha Harvey The Wilderness
Samantha Hunt The Invention of Everything Else
Michelle de Kretser The Lost Dog
Deirdre Madden Molly Fox’s Birthday
Toni Morrison A Mercy
Gina Ochsner The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight
Marilynne Robinson Home
Preeta Samarasan Evening is the Whole Day
Kamila Shamsie Burnt Shadows
Curtis Sittenfeld American Wife
Miriam Toews The Flying Troutmans
Ann Weisgarber The Personal History of Rachel DuPree

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