Subscribe via RSS 2.0by Ryan McBride - Tuesday Apr 15 2008 3:21 pm
Posted in: Awards
And then there were six. The panel of judges of this year's Orange Prize has just announced its shortlist for 2008. Three of the finalists are first-time novelists.
According to The Guardian,Chair of the judges Kirsty Lang said she was "extremely pleased" to see 's The Outcast, 's Lullabies for Little Criminals and 's Lottery make the shortlist alongside some very established authors "on a list that reflects the scope, variety and international breadth of the Orange prize."
The other three novels on this year's list include When We Were Bad by , The Road Home by , and Fault Lines by .
The winner will be announced June 4.
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