Monday, May 2, 2011

2011 Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist Announced


London, 12 April 2011: The Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, announced the 2011 shortlist. Celebrating its sixteenth anniversary this year, the Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing from throughout the world.

* Emma Donoghue (Irish) - Room (Large Print & Audio Book)
* Aminatta Forna (British/Sierra Leonean) - The Memory of Love
* Emma Henderson (British) - Grace Williams Says it Loud
* Nicole Krauss (American) - Great House (Large Print & Audio Book)
* Téa Obreht (Serbian/American) - The Tiger’s Wife
* Kathleen Winter (Canadian) - Annabel

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