1998 longlist

Kirsten Bakis Lives of the Monster Dogs - shortlist

Sandra Benitez Bitter Grounds

Lucy Ellmann Man or Mango?

Esther Freud Gaglow

Cristina Garcia The Aguero Sisters

Nadine Gordimer The House Gun

Kathryn Heyman The Breaking

Michelle Huneven Round Rock

Liz Jensen Ark Baby

Christina Koning Undiscovered Country

Pauline Melville The Ventriloquist's Tale - shortlist

Drusilla Modjeska The Orchard

Ann Patchett The Magician's Assistant - shortlist

Deirdre Purcell Love Like Hate Adore - shortlist

Anna Quindlen Black and Blue

Michele Roberts Impossible Saints

Carol Shields Larry's Party - winner

Anita Shreve The Weight of Water - shortlist

Jane Urquhart The Underpainter

Louise Young Baby Love