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The longlist for the 2009 Desmond Elliott Prize has been announced, with five male and five female authors up for the £10,000 award.
Nominated titles include Orange long-listed Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold and Blackmoor by Edward Hogan, which was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas prize last year.
The Desmond Elliott Prize is awarded to a first novel, of any genre, published in the UK and was established in honour of the late publisher and literary agent Desmond Elliott to “to enrich the careers of new writers".
This year’s judging panel comprises author and journalist Candida Lycett Green, former literary editor of the Independent on Sunday, Suzi Feay, and Rodney Troubridge of Waterstone’s.
The shortlist of three will be revealed on 26th May, and the winner revealed on 24th June at Fortnum and Mason.
The longlist:
A Girl Made of Dust by Nathalie Abi-Ezzi (Fourth Estate)
The Behaviour of Moths by Poppy Adams (Virago)
Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold (Tindal Street Press)
Mr Toppit by Charles Elton (Viking)
Never Never by David Gaffney (Tindal Street Press)
Blackmoor by Edward Hogan (Simon & Schuster)
The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona MacLean (Quercus)
The Rescue Man by Anthony Quinn (Jonathan Cape)
Little Gods by Anna Richards (Picador)
The Alternative Hero by Tim Thornton (Jonathan Cape)