The Orange Prize for Fiction 2010 judges announced.

London, 10 September 2009

Daisy Goodwin (Chair), Author and TV Producer
Baroness Neuberger DBE, Rabbi, Author and Broadcaster
Michèle Roberts, Novelist and Critic
Miranda Sawyer, Journalist and Broadcaster
Alexandra Shulman, Editor of British Vogue

Daisy Goodwin, commented: “I’m very honoured to be chairing a female judging panel. Too often the term 'women's fiction' is used pejoratively as if there was something wrong with the books that women write and read.   As I am addicted to reading I am really looking forward to the next six months and finding some great new books that will appeal to everybody.”

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The judges look forward to fabulous novels, lively discussions and blissful mornings in bed, reading…

Meanwhile, the Orange Award for New Writer will be judged by Di Speirs (Chair), Rachel Cooke, Writer and Columnist at The Observer and Bernardine Evaristo, Novelist, critic and winner of the 2009 Orange Prize Youth Panel award for Blonde Roots.

find out more about the Orange Award for New Writers judging panel