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M2 Best Books, June 13, 2002
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American author Ann Patchett has won the Orange Prize for Fiction - a GBP30,000 prize which is awarded only to women.
Her novel 'Bel Canto', which features a group of Latin terrorists who discover their intended kidnap target has stayed at home to watch a soap opera, won her the award. The prize is awarded each year with the funds being provided by an anonymous donor.
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The finalists in the award were; Anna Burns, 'No Bones'; Helen Dunmore, 'The Siege', Maggie Gee, 'The White Family'; Chloe Hooper; 'A Child's Book of True Crime'; Ann Patchett, 'Bel Canto' and Sarah Waters, 'Fingersmith'.
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