1999 longlist

Beryl Bainbridge Master Georgie

Andrea Barrett The Voyage of the Narwhal

Suzanne Berne A Crime in the Neighbourhood - winner

Julia Blackburn The Leper's Companions - shortlist

Marilyn Bowering Visible Worlds - shortlist

Catherine Chidgey In a Fishbone Church

Julia Darling Crocodile Soup

Maureen Duffy Restitution

Jane Hamilton The Short History of a Prince - shortlist

Jackie Kay Trumpet

Oonya Kempadoo Buxton Spice

Barbara Kingsolver The Poisonwood Bible - shortlist

Elizabeth Knox The Vintner's Luck

Karla Kuban Marchlands

Hilary Mantel The Giant O'Brien

Jacquelyn Mitchard The Most Wanted

Toni Morrison Paradise - shortlist

Barbara Neil A History of Silence

Nora Okja Keller Comfort Woman

Marly Swick Evening News