The 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist

The shortlisted titles for this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange prize) has been announced.


Launched in 1996, this Prize is awarded annually and celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing from throughout the world. The winner receives a cheque for £30,000 and a limited edition bronze known as a ‘Bessie’, created by the artist Grizel Niven. Both are anonymously endowed.

Here are the six shortlisted books:

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