Last night the shortlist for The Women’s Prize for Fiction was announced, so here as promised in our blog last month, are the contenders for the prize which will be announced on June 5th.
Chair of the Judges,Professor Kate Williams, said: “It’s a fantastic shortlist; exciting, vibrant, adventurous. We fell totally in love with these books and the amazing worlds they created. These books are fiction at its best – brilliant, courageous and utterly captivating.”
Did your favourite make the shortlist? We’ll bring you details of the winner when it is announced in June.
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