Barbara Kingsolver wins Orange Prize

Barbara Kingsolver has won the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction for her novel The lacuna.

The Orange Prize for Fiction is awarded to the woman who, in the opinion of the judges, has written the best, eligible full-length novel in English.

The prize is open to any full length novel, written in English by a woman of any nationality, provided that the novel is published for the first time in the United Kingdom between 1 April of the year before the prize is awarded and 31 March of the year in which the prize is awarded.

Click here to go to the library catalogue to reserve The lacuna.