The winner of Baileys Women’s Fiction Prize 2016

The winner of the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2016 was announced on Wednesday 8^th June.

The winner is:

Lisa McInerney        The Glorious Heresies

Congratulations. It’s on the tbr pile.

The Shadow Panel’s winner, on Writes of Woman blog was A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson, not shortlisted by the official panel.

The shortlist for the Baileys Women’s Prize was:

• Cynthia Bond           Ruby
• Anne Enright            The Green Road
• Lisa McInerney         The Glorious Heresies
• Elizabeth McKenzie The Portable Veblen
• Hannah Rothschild  The Improbability of Love
• Hanya Yanagihara   A Little Life

The Baileys Longlist for Women’s Fiction 2016:

• Kate Atkinson: A God in Ruins
• Shirley Barrett: Rush Oh!
• Cynthia Bond: Ruby
• Geraldine Brooks: The Secret Chord
• Becky Chambers: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
• Jackie Copleton: A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding
• Rachel Elliott: Whispers Through a Megaphone
• Anne Enright: The Green Road
• Petina Gappah: The Book of Memory
• Vesna Goldsworthy: Gorsky
• Clio Gray: The Anatomist’s Dream
• Melissa Harrison: At Hawthorn Time
• Attica Locke: Pleasantville
• Lisa McInerney: The Glorious Heresies
• Elizabeth McKenzie: The Portable Veblen
• Sara Nović: Girl at War
• Julia Rochester: The House at the Edge of the World
• Hannah Rothschild: The Improbability of Love
• Elizabeth Strout: My Name is Lucy Barton
• Hanya Yanagihara: A Little Life

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