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Article: Surprise winner scoops Orange Prize.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 4, 2003
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Byline: LUKE LEITCH
THE Orange Prize for fiction has been awarded to a rank outsider, American author Valerie Martin.
Her novel Property took the [pounds sterling]30,000 prize last night for the best novel in English written by a woman, beating bookies' favourites Zadie Smith and Donna Tartt.
The Orange judges - including budding novelist Sophie Dahl - deliberated for three hours at Lincoln's Inn Fields before choosing Ms Martin.
Chairwoman Ahdaf Soueif said the Missouri-born novelist's book "deals with a huge subject with originality.
By Luke Leitch Arts Reporter It performs the difficult task of depicting dramatic events ...