Orange Prize for Fiction longlist announced

London, 17 March 2010: Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the Orange Prize for Fiction today announces the 2010 longlist.

“It was a tough judging process as there was a particularly strong range of books submitted from all over the world in this, the 15th year of the Orange Prize,” commented Daisy Goodwin, Chair of Judges, “but in the end we have chosen a muscular, original and pleasurable longlist that will appeal to all kinds of readers.”

the longlist

The 2010 longlist features new and well-established writers, including seven first novels alongside previous Orange Prize and Orange Best of the Best winner, Andrea Levy, and Man Booker 2009 winner, Hilary Mantel.

Five authors on this year’s list have previously been longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, – M.J. Hyland (2007), Rebecca Gowers (2007), Clare Clark (2005), Hilary Mantel (1999), Andrea Levy (1996) – and a further four authors – Sadie Jones (2008), Hilary Mantel (2006), Sarah Waters (2006, 2002), Barbara Kingsolver (1999) – have been previously shortlisted. Roopa Farooki was shortlisted for the Orange Award for New Writers (2007).

Chair of judges Daisy Goodwin talks about reading 129 novels in three months and about the longlist meeting…