Tessa Hadley longlisted for the ORANGE PRIZE

Tessa Hadley, novelist and senior lecturer in creative writing at Bath Spa University, has been longlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction for her latest novel The London Train which was published by Jonathan Cape in January.

The London Train is Tessa Hadley's fourth novel, and she has already received significant critical acclaim for her writing: Accidents in the Home (longlisted for the Guardian First Book award); Everything Will Be All Right (shortlisted for the Encore Award); and The Master Bedroom (longlisted for the Orange prize and the Welsh Book of the Year award).

She has had many stories published in the New Yorker and other magazines, and has had two plays broadcast on Radio 4.

The Orange Prize is the UK's only annual book award for fiction written by a woman. The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall on 8 June 2011.