Orange Prizes

The Orange prize is one of the few literary prizes that focuses on women writers. It is a prize for women who write in English anywhere in the world. It has been awarded since 1996. We have included the entire list of winners and shortlisted books here.

For more information, go to http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/

**2010 Shortlist for New Writers**
The Book of Fires Jane Borodale	The Boy Next Door Irene Sabatini	After The Fire, A Still Small Voice Evie Wyld

**2010 Fiction Winner**
Barbara Kingsolver

Please note that two of the shortlisted titles—The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison and The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey—are not yet available in the United States. However, the nominees currently available here are:

**2010 Fiction Shortlist**
Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel	Black Water Rising Attica Locke	A Gate at the Stairs Lorrie Moore

**2009 Fiction Winner**
Marilynne Robinson

**2009 Fiction Shortlist**
Scottsboro Ellen Feldman	The Wilderness Samantha Harvey	The Invention of Everything Else Samantha Hunt	Molly Fox's Birthday Deirdre Madden	Burnt Shadows Kamila Shamsie

**2008 Fiction Winner**
Rose Tremain

**2008 Fiction Shortlist**
Fault Lines Nancy Huston	The Outcast Sadie Jones	When We Were Bad Charlotte Mendelson	Lullabies for Little Criminals Heather O'Neill	Lottery Patricia Wood

**Previous Fiction Winners and Shortlisted Titles 2007-1996**
2007 Fiction Winner Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche	2007 Fiction Shortlist Arlington Park Rachel Cusk The Inheritance of Loss Kiran Desai Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers Xiaolu Guo The Observations Jane Harris Digging to America Anne Tyler	2006 Fiction Winner On Beauty Zadie Smith	2006 Fiction Shortlist The History of Love Nicole Krauss Beyond Black Hilary Mantel The Accidental Ali Smith Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living Carrie Tiffany The Night Watch Sarah Waters
2005 Fiction Winner We Need to Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver	2005 Fiction Shortlist Billie Morgan Joolz Denby Old Filth Jane Gardam The Mammoth Cheese Sheri Holman Liars and Saints Maile Meloy A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian Marina Lewycka	2004 Fiction Winner Small Island Andrea Levy	2004 Fiction Shortlist Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard Ice Road Gillian Slovo The Colour Rose Tremain
2003 Fiction Winner Property Valerie Martin	2003 Fiction Shortlist Buddha Da Anne Donovan Heligoland Shena Mackay Unless Carol Shields The Autograph Man Zadie Smith The Little Friend Donna Tartt	2002 Fiction Winner Bel Canto Ann Patchett	2002 Fiction Shortlist No Bones Anna Burns The Siege Helen Dunmore The White Family Maggie Gee A Child's Book of True Crime Chloe Hooper Fingersmith Sarah Waters
2001 Fiction Winner The Idea of Perfection Kate Grenville	2001 Fiction Shortlist The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood Fred & Eddie Jill Dawson Hotel World Ali Smith Homestead Rosina Lippi Horse Heaven Jane Smiley	2000 Fiction Winner When I Lived in Modern Times Linda Grant	2000 Fiction Shortlist If I Told You Once Judy Budnitz Amy and Isabelle Elizabeth Strout The Dancers Dancing Eilis Ni Dhuibhne White Teeth Zadie Smith
1999 Fiction Winner A Crime in the Neighborhood Suzanne Berne	1999 Fiction Shortlist The Short History of a Prince Jane Hamilton The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver Paradise Toni Morrison The Leper's Companions Julia Blackburn Visible Worlds Marilyn Bowering	1998 Fiction Winner Larry's Party Carol Shields	1998 Fiction Shortlist Lives of the Monster Dogs Kirsten Bakis The Ventriloquist's Tale Pauline Melville The Magician's Assistant Ann Patchett Love Like Hate Adore Deirdre Purcell The Weight of Water Anita Shreve
1997 Fiction Winner Fugitive Pieces Anne Michaels	1997 Fiction Shortlist Alias Grace Margaret Atwood One by One in the Darkness Deirdre Madden I Was Amelia Earhart Jane Mendelsohn Accordion Crimes Annie Proulx Hen's Teeth Manda Scott	1996 Fiction Winner A Spell of Winter Helen Dunmore	1996 Fiction Shortlist The Book of Color Julia Blackburn Spinsters Pagan Kennedy The Hundred Secret Senses Amy Tan Ladder of Years Anne Tyler Eveless Eden Marianne Wiggins

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