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The Orange Prize for Fiction
The Orange Prize, established in 1996 by Orange PLC (a UK telecommunications corporation), honours and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the United Kingdom.
See the Orange Prize for Fiction website.
2011
- The Tiger’s Wife Winner
- Téa Obreht
- Room
- Emma Donoghue
- The Memory of Love
- Aminatta Forna
- Grace Williams Says it Loud
- Emma Henderson
- Great House
- Nicole Krauss
- Annabel
- Kathleen Winter
2010
- The Lacuna Winner
- Barbara Kingsolver
- The Very Thought of You
- Rosie Alison
- Black Water Rising
- Attica Locke
- Wolf Hall
- Hilary Mantel
- A Gate at the Stairs
- Lorrie Moore
- The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
- Monique Roffey
2009
Home Winner- Marilynne Robinson
- Scottsboro
- Ellen Feldman
- The Wilderness
- Samantha Harvey
- The Invention of Everything Else
- Samantha Hunt
- Molly Fox's Birthday
- Deirdre Madden
- Burnt Shadows
- Kamila Shamsie
Orange Prize Best of the Best
Andrea Levy's Small Island was chosen by a panel comprising the ten chairs of judges from the ten years of the Orange Prize for Fiction as the best Orange Prize for Fiction winner over the 10 years that the Prize has been running.
2008
The Road Home Winner- Rose Tremain
- Fault Lines
- Nancy Huston
- The Outcast
- Sadie Jones
- When We Were Bad
- Charlotte Mendelson
- Lullabies for Little Criminals
- Heather ONeill
- Lottery
- Patricia Wood
2007
Half of a Yellow Sun Winner - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Arlington Park
- Rachel Cusk
- The Inheritance of Loss
- Kiran Desai
- A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
- Xiaolu Guo
- The Observations
- Jane Harris
- Digging to America
- Anne Tyler
2006
- On Beauty Winner
- Zadie Smith
The History Of Love- Nicole Krauss
- Beyond Black
- Hilary Mantel
- The Accidental
- Ali Smith
- Everyman's Rules For Scientific Living
- Carrie Tiffany
- The Night Watch
- Sarah Waters
2005
- We Need to Talk About Kevin Lionel Shriver Winner
- Billie Morgan Joolz Denby
- Old Filth Jane Gardam
- The Mammoth Cheese Sheri Holman
- A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian Marina Lewycka
- Liars and Saints Maile Meloy
2004
Small Island Andrea Levy Winner- Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood
- The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard
- Purple Hibiscus Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Ice Road Gillian Slovo
- The Colour Rose Tremain
2003
- Property Valerie Martin Winner
- Buddha Da Anne Donovan
- Heligoland Shena Mackay
- Unless Carol Shields
- The Autograph Man Zadie Smith
- The Little Friend Donna Tartt
2002
- Bel Canto Ann Patchett Winner
- No bones Anna Burns
- The Siege Helen Dunmore
- The White family Maggie Gee
- A Child's book of true crime Chloe Hooper
- Fingersmith Sarah Waters
2001
The Idea of perfection Kate Grenville Winner- Horse Heaven Jane Smiley
- Homestead Rosina Lippi
- Hotel World Ali Smith
- Fred & Edie Jill Dawson
2000
- When I lived in modern times Linda Grant Winner
- If I told you once Judy Budnitz
- The Dancers dancing Eilis Ni Dhuibhne
- White teeth Zadie Smith
- Amy and Isabelle Elizabeth Strout
- The Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Rebecca Wells
1999
- A crime in the neighborhood Suzanne Berne Winner
- The Leper's companions Julia Blackburn
- Visible worlds Marilyn Bowering
- The Short history of a prince Jane Hamilton
- The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver
- Paradise Toni Morrison
1998
- Larry's party Carol Shields Winner
- Lives of the monster dogs Kirsten Bakis
- The Ventriloquist's tale Pauline Melville
- The Magician's assistant Ann Patchett
- The Weight of water Anita Shreve
- Love like hate adore Deirdre Purcell
1997
- Fugitive pieces Anne Michaels Winner
- Alias Grace Margaret Atwood
- One by one in the darkness Deirdre Madden
- I was Amelia Earhart Jane Mendelsohn
- Accordion crimes E Annie Proulx
- Hen's teeth Manda Scott
1996
- A spell of winter Helen Dunmore Winner
- The Book of color Julia Blackburn
- Spinsters Pagan Kennedy
- The Hundred secret senses Amy Tan
- Ladder of years Anne Tyler
- Eveless Eden Marianne Wiggins
