Obreht wins 2011 Orange Prize

Monday, 13 June 2011 Books+Publishing

Serbian-American author Téa Obreht has won this year's Orange Prize for Fiction for her debut novel The Tiger's Wife (Weidenfeld & Nicolson). Obreht is the youngest-ever author to win the £30,000 (approximately A$46,000) prize, which was established in 1996 to celebrate and promote fiction written by women. The prize is awarded...