London, May 28 2009: The latest odds from bookmakers William Hill have American author Ellen Feldman's Scottsboro as odds-on favourite at 2/1.

Second favourite is British writer Samantha Harvey for The Wilderness, at 3/1, followed by American author Marilynne Robinson for Home at 7/2.

The odds are:

Ellen Feldman Scottsboro                             2/1
Samantha Harvey The Wilderness               3/1
Marilynne Robinson Home                             7/2
Deirdre Madden Molly Fox’s Birthday          4/1
Samantha Hunt The Invention
of Everything Else                                         6/1
Kamila Shamsie Burnt Shadows                   7/1