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Six authors from across the globe have been announced on the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist including three debut novelists.
Burial Rights, the first novel from Australian author Hannah Kent, made the cut, as well as debut novels The Undertaking by Audrey Magee and A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride – both from Ireland.
The Goldfinch by American author Donna Tartt is the bookies’ favourite to win the prize with The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri and Americanah by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie also on the shortlist.
“We are very excited by the books we have chosen for the shortlist,” said Helen Fraser, Chair of judges. “Each one is original and extraordinary in its own way – each offers something different and exciting and illuminating.”She continues, “We feel you could give any one of these books to a friend with the absolute confidence that they would be gripped and absorbed and that maybe their view of the world would be changed once they had read it.”
Massive congratulations to the authors. We can’t wait for the announcement of this year’s winner on June 4.
Who do you think should win?