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2016 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
[edit]The Women's Prize for Fiction 2016 was awarded at a ceremony on 8 June 2016 at the Royal Festival Hall. The prize was awarded to Irish writer Lisa McInerney for her debut novel The Glorious Heresies, receiving £30,000 and a limited edition bronze figurine, known as the 'Bessie'.[1] The Women's Prize for Fiction 2016 longlist of twenty books was announced on 8 March 2016,[2] and the shortlist of six titles was announced on 11 April 2016.[3]
Judging panel
[edit]Nominees (shortlist)
[edit]| Author | Title | Country | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cynthia Bond | Ruby | US | Two Roads |
| Anne Enright | The Green Road | Ireland | Jonathan Cape |
| Lisa McInerney | The Glorious Heresies | Ireland | John Murray |
| Elizabeth McKenzie | The Portable Veblen | US | Fourth Estate |
| Hannah Rothschild | The Improbability of Love | UK | Bloomsbury |
| Hanya Yanagihara | A Little Life | US |
Nominees (longlist)
[edit]| Author | Title | Country | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Atkinson | A God in Ruins | UK | Doubleday |
| Shirley Barrett | Rush Oh! | Australia | Virago |
| Cynthia Bond | Ruby | US | Two Roads |
| Geraldine Brooks | The Secret Chord | Australia/US | Little, Brown |
| Becky Chambers | The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet | US | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Jackie Copleton | A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding | UK | Hutchinson |
| Rachel Elliot | Whispering Through a Megaphone | UK | Pushkin Press |
| Anne Enright | The Green Road | Ireland | Jonathan Cape |
| Petina Gappah | The Book of Memory | Zimbabwe | Faber & Faber |
| Vesna Goldsworthy | Gorsky | UK/Serbia | Chatto & Windus |
| Clio Gray | The Anatomist's Dream | UK | Myrmidon |
| Melissa Harrison | At Hawthorn Time | UK | Bloomsbury |
| Attica Locke | Pleasantville | US | Serpent's Tail |
| Lisa McInerney | The Glorious Heresies | Ireland | John Murray |
| Elizabeth McKenzie | The Portable Veblen | US | Fourth Estate |
| Sara Nović | Girl at War | US | Little, Brown |
| Julia Rochester | The House on the Edge of the World | UK | Viking |
| Hannah Rothschild | The Improbability of Love | UK | Bloomsbury |
| Elizabeth Strout | My Name is Lucy Barton | US | Viking |
| Hanya Yanagihara | A Little Life | US |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Irish author Lisa McInerney wins 2016 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ^ Flood, Alison (2016-03-07). "Baileys prize longlists self-published debut and 10 other first novels". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ^ Flood, Alison (2016-04-11). "'Sweary Lady' Lisa McInerney makes Baileys prize shortlist with debut novel". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-05-17.