2001 longlist

Margaret Atwood The Blind Assassin - shortlist

Trezza Azzopardi The Hiding Place

Jill Dawson Fred & Edie - shortlist

Meaghan Delahunt In the Blue House

Helen DeWitt The Last Samurai

Leslie Forbes Fish, Blood & Bone

Esther Freud The Wild

Laurie Graham Dog Days, Glenn Miller Nights

Kate Grenville The Idea of Perfection - winner

Josephine Humphreys Nowhere Else on Earth

Sena Jeter Naslund Ahab's Wife

Rosina Lippi Homestead - shortlist

Jayne Ann Phillips Motherkind

Danzy Senna From Caucasia, with Love

Jane Smiley Horse Heaven - shortlist

Ali Smith Hotel World - shortlist

Amy Tan The Bonesetter's Daughter

Jeanette Winterson The PowerBook