Minchin said: “The diversity of thought and creativity of women writers at the moment is vast and exciting and inspiring.
The prize, worth £30,000, is awarded for the best full-length novel of the year written by a woman and published in the UK. Minchin, who is a broadcaster and writer, said the books on the list were “ambitious and hard-hitting and imaginative, and they take you on an emotional journey that I feel moved by and inspired by”. The list is completed by Pod by Laline Paull, who was previously shortlisted for the prize in 2015 for her novel The Bees. They are joined by Barbara Kingsolver, who won the prize in 2010 for The Lacuna and is shortlisted this year for Demon Copperhead, and Maggie O’Farrell, who is shortlisted for The Marriage Portrait and who won the prize in 2020 for Hamnet.
The first-time novelists shortlisted for the prize are Jacqueline Crooks for Fire Rush, Louise Kennedy for Trespasses and Priscilla Morris for Black Butterflies.
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