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Also Known As Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction • Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction • Orange Prize for Fiction
Notable Honorees Anne Michaels • A.M. Homes • Ann Patchett • Kate Grenville • Barbara Kingsolver

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