The Orange Prize, which is awarded for excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing, has released its long list for the 2010 prize which includes the most recent Booker winner Hilary Mantel.
The Orange Prize Long List
• Rosie Alison by The Very Thought of You
• Eleanor Catton – The Rehearsal
• Clare Clark – Savage Lands
• Amanda Craig – Hearts and Minds
• Rebecca Gowers – The Twisted Heart
• MJ Hyland – This is How
• Roopa Farooki – The Way Things Look to Me
• Sadie Jones – Small Wars
• Barbara Kingsolver – The Lacuna
• Laila Lalami – Secret Son
• Andrea Levy – The Long Song
• Attica Locke – Black Water Rising
• Hilary Mantel – Wolf Hall
• Maria McCann – The Wilding
• Nadifa Mohamed – Black Mamba Boy
• Lorrie Moore – A Gate at the Stairs
• Monique Roffey – The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
• Amy Sackville – The Still Point
• Kathryn Stockett – The Help
• Sarah Waters – The Little Stranger