Orange Prize for Fiction 2010 Shortlist Announced

Posted on April 20, 2010

The finalists for the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction have been announced. The annual $45,000 prize is awarded to a novel published by a woman in English. The winner will be announced on June 9th.

• The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison (Alma Books)
• The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (Faber and Faber)
• Black Water Rising by Attica Locke (Serpent's Tail)
• Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Fourth Estate)
• A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore (Faber and Faber)
• The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey (Simon and Schuster)

Introduced by Prize honorary director and co-founder Kate Mosse, Orange Prize for Fiction 2010 chair of judges Daisy Goodwin announces the shortlist in the video below. Take a look: