BOOK AWARDS
Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007
Established in 1995 to celebrate the excellence of women's writing and judged entirely by women, the Orange Prize for Fiction was founded by a group of individuals from all aspects of publishing to widen the opportunities for women writers who were frequently passed over by the major literary prizes. Since its inception, the Orange Prize for Fiction has had a major impact on the literary landscape.
Winner (announced June 2007)
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Published by Fourth Estate ISBN: 9780007200276
Shortlist (announced April 2007)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Half of a Yellow Sun | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Fourth Estate | 9780007200276 |
| Arlington Park | Rachel Cusk | Faber & Faber | 9780571228478 |
| The Inheritance of Loss | Kiran Desai | Hamish Hamilton | 9780241143483 |
| A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers | Xiaolu Guo | Chatto & Windus | 9780701181147 |
| The Observations | Jane Harris | Faber & Faber | 9780571223350 |
| Digging to America | Anne Tyler | Chatto & Windus | 9780701180348 |
Longlist (announced March 2007)
| Title | Author | Publisher | ISBN |
| Half of a Yellow Sun | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Fourth Estate | 9780007200276 |
| Poppy Shakespeare | Clare Allan | Bloomsbury | 9780747580461 |
| Arlington Park | Rachel Cusk | Faber & Faber | 9780571228478 |
| The Inheritance of Loss | Kiran Desai | Hamish Hamilton | 9780241143483 |
| Peripheral Vision | Patricia Ferguson | Solidus | 9781904529293 |
| Over | Margaret Forster | Chatto & Windus | 9780701181253 |
| The Dissident | Nell Freudenberger | Picador | 9780330493437 |
| When to Walk | Rebecca Growers | Canongate | 9781841958927 |
| A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers | Xiaolu Guo | Chatto & Windus | 9780701181147 |
| The Observations | Jane Harris | Faber & Faber | 9780571223350 |
| Carry Me Down | M J Hyland | Canongate | 9781841957340 |
| The Girls | Lori Lansens | Virago | 9781844083664 |
| Alligator | Lisa Moore | Virago | 9781844081295 |
| What Was Lost | Catherine O'Flynn | Tindall St | 9780955138416 |
| The Tenderness of Wolves | Stef Penney | Quercus | 9781905204816 |
| Careless | Deborah Robertson | Sceptre | 9780340938232 |
| Afterwards | Rachel Seiffert | William Heinemann | 9780434011865 |
| Ten Days in the Hills | Jane Smiley | Faber & Faber | 9780571235339 |
| Digging to America | Anne Tyler | Chatto & Windus | 9780701180348 |
| The Housekeeper | Melanie Wallace | Harvill Secker | 9781846550218 |
