Winner Announced Wednesday 3rd June 2009 - The Orange Prize for Fiction is the UK’s most prestigious book award for fiction written by a woman, celebrating excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing. The winner will receive a cheque for £30,000 and a limited edition bronze known as a Bessie, created and donated by the artist Grizel Niven. Both are anonymously endowed.This years Orange Price for Fiction shortlisted are:Samantha Harvey – shortlisted for The WildernessEllen Feldman – shortlisted for ScottsboroSamantha Hunt – shortlisted for The Invention Of Everything ElseMarilynne Robinson – shortlisted for ‘Home’Deirdre Madden – shortlisted for ‘Molly Fox’s Birthday’Kamila Shamsie – shortlisted for ‘Burnt Shadows’This years Orange Award for New Writers shortlisted are:Francesca Kay –Shortlisted for ‘An Equal Stillness’Nami Mun – Shortlisted for ‘Miles from Nowhere’Ann Weisgarber- Shortlisted for ‘The Personal History of Rachel DuPree’The Orange Prize for Fiction ...

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