The winner will be announced on 7 July, joining former recipients including Tayari Jones, Eimear McBride, Kamila Shamsie, Zadie Smith and Helen Dunmore. We feel passionate about them, and we hope readers do, too.’ “Fiction by women defies easy categorisation or stereotyping, and all of these novels grapple with society’s big issues expressed through thrilling storytelling. “This is a list of complete contrasts,” she said.
“We had to make some really hard decisions for the shortlist, and unfortunately it didn’t make it.”Įvaristo, who is joined on the panel by podcaster and author Elizabeth Day, presenter and writer Vick Hope, columnist Nesrine Malik and presenter Sarah-Jane Mee, described the shortlist as “a gloriously varied and thematically rich exploration of women’s fiction at its finest”. “The book was eligible according to the rules, and clearly had plenty of supporters, which is why it made the longlist,” said Evaristo. Torrey Peters, who was subjected to online abuse when she became the first trans woman to be nominated for the prize with her debut Detransition, Baby, also didn’t make the shortlist. Former winner Ali Smith, who had been longlisted for Summer, failed to make the cut. This is the first year since 2005 that the prize has shortlisted only first-time nominees. “It takes risks while maintaining warmth, being very moving and profoundly insightful into human nature,” said judges.
The Women’s prize lineup is completed with Lockwood’s fiction debut No One Is Talking About This, in which real life collides with the virtual world for a woman known for her viral social media posts. She totally seduces you into this fantasy world – it’s so beautiful and mind-expanding, and completely original.” “It’s probably the closest you can come to taking a hallucinogenic drug if you’ve not taken one before. Clarke, author of the bestselling fantasy novel Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, is shortlisted for her second novel, Piranesi, published 16 years after her first.
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