Orange Prize for Fiction - Winner Announced!

Marilynne Robinson, an American author, has won the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel Home.

Chair of judges, Fi Glover has said 'This year's Orange Prize winner has a luminous quality to it that has drawn all of the judges to a unanimous decision. The profound nature of the writing stood out, as has the ability of writer to draw the reader into a world of hope expectation, misunderstanding, love and kindness.'

Robinson accepted a cheque for £30,000 at the Royal Festival Hall in London after the jury praised her work as a “kind, wise, enriching novel, exquisitely crafted”.