The finalists for the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction have been announced. The annual $45,000 prize is awarded to a novel published by a woman in English. The winner will be announced on June 9th.
The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison (Alma Books)
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (Faber and Faber)
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke (Serpent's Tail)
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Fourth Estate)
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore (Faber and Faber)
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey (Simon and Schuster)
Introduced by Prize honorary director and co-founder Kate Mosse, Orange Prize for Fiction 2010 chair of judges Daisy Goodwin announces the shortlist in the video below. Take a look:
