Orange Prizes

Home by Marilynne Robinson was the judges' unanimous choice for this year's Orange Prize for best novel written by a woman. The shortlist included Samantha Hunt's The Invention of Everything Else, Samantha Harvey's The Wilderness, Deirdre Madden's Molly Fox's Birthday, Kamila Shamsie's Burnt Shadows and Ellen Feldman's Scottsboro. Francesca Kay won the Orange Award for New Writers for her novel An Equal Stillness.
The Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction is one of the Great Britain's most prestigious literary prizes, awarded annually for the best original full-length novel by a female author of any nationality. The winner receives a cash prize and a bronze sculpture "Bessie" created by artist Grizel Niven. Past winners include: Carol Shields, Ann Patchett, Lionel Shriver, and Zadie Smith.