2009 Lists Announced...

The shortlist for the Orange Prize for New Writers 2009 has been announced and includes:

• An Equal Stillness, by Francesca Kay
• Miles From Nowhere, by Nami Mun
• The Personal History of Rachel DuPree, by Ann Weisgarber

Also the longlist for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2009 has been announced and includes:

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

Look for the shortlist for this prize on April 21st.