The Orange Prize long list

A tattooed former member of a Hell's Angel gang called Satan's Slaves was today nominated for Britain's most prestigious women's literary prize. Here's the list of novels that have made it onto the Orange Prize long list...

Kate Atkinson - Case Histories

Clare Clark - The Great Stink

Kira Cochrane - Escape Routes For Beginners

Joolz Denby - Billie Morgan

Anita Desai - The Zigzag Way

Christine Dwyer Hickey - Tatty

Patricia Ferguson - It So Happens

Melanie Finn - Away From You

Jane Gardam - Old Filth

Sue Gee - The Mysteries Of Glass

Miranda Hearn - Nelson's Daughter

Ingrid Hill - Ursula, Under

Sheri Holman - The Mammoth Cheese

Marina Lewycka - A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian

Nell Leyshon - Black Dirt

Michelle Lovric - The Remedy

Maile Meloy - Liars And Saints

Joyce Carol Oates - The Falls

Lionel Shriver - We Need To Talk

Tricia Wastvedt - The River