The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction is the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman.
The 2016 judging panel - lawyer and businesswoman Margaret Mountford, writer and journalist, Laurie Penny; award-winning author Elif Shafak, singer-songwriter and author Tracey Thorn and broadcast journalist, Naga Munchetty - have whittled down this year's twenty longlisted books to a shortlist of six.
“After a long and often passionate debate we are proud to present our 2016 shortlist,” said Margaret Mountford, Chair of judges. “Our choices reflect a really diverse mix of brilliant writing from new and established authors around the world and we hope that everyone will find much to enjoy in them."
This year’s judges will now debate the shortlist and pick the final winner which will be announced at an awards ceremony held in the Royal Festival Hall on 8th June 2016.
The shortlisted books are as follows:
- 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