Orange Prize for Fiction - Longlist

Now in its 15th year, the Orange Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women's writing.

This years Longlist is as follows -

Rosie Alison - The Very Thought of You
Eleanor Catton - The Rehearsal

Clare Clark - Savage Lands

Amanda Craig - Hearts and Minds

Roopa Farooki - The Way Things Look to Me

Rebecca Gowers - The Twisted Heart
M.J. Hyland - This is How

Sadie Jones - Small Wars
Barbara Kingsolver - The Lacuna
Laila Lalami - Secret Son

Andrea Levy - The Long Song
Attica Locke - Black Water Rising

Maria McCann - The Wilding
Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall

Nadifa Mohamed - Black Mamba Boy
Lorrie Moore - A Gate at the Stairs
Monique Roffey - The White Woman on the Green Bicycle

Amy Sackville - The Still Point
Kathryn Stockett - The Help

Sarah Waters - The Little Stranger

The shortlist will be revealed on 20 April, with the winner announced at a ceremony on 9 June, where the prize of £30,000 will be presented.