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A former Sesame Street scriptwriter is among the novelists on the longlist for this year’s Orange Prize for Fiction.<\/p>\n

Kathleen Winter is one of 20 authors nominated for her book, Annabel, about a hermaphrodite raised in a remote part of Canada.<\/p>\n

Also longlisted is Emma Donoghue for her novel, Room, which was shortlisted for last year’s Man Booker Prize.<\/p>\n

The \u00a330,000 prize is awarded for the best novel of the year written by a woman in the English language.<\/p>\n

Winter, who was born in Gateshead before moving to Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada as a child, began her career writing scripts and songs for the long-running US children’s TV show.<\/p>\n

For the last 14 years she has been a columnist for St John’s newspaper The Evening Telegram.<\/p>\n

She is one of nine debut novelists on the longlist which also includes two writers – Samantha Hunt and Nicole Krauss – who have made previous shortlists, and three more authors who have also been longlisted before.<\/p>\n

Judges’ chairman Bettany Hughes said it was “a huge tussle” to get the longlist down to 20 books.<\/p>\n

“What proved a genuine delight this year was the power of observation and sympathy on the page,” she said.<\/p>\n

“As a panel, we had works of searing originality and epic scale in front of us – plus books that were intimate and sometimes magical.”<\/p>\n

The other judges include Girl With A Pearl Earring author Tracey Chevalier and BBC Breakfast presenter Susanna Reid.<\/p>\n

The shortlist will be announced on 12 April with the winner announced at a ceremony on 8 June.<\/p>\n

Previous winners include Zadie Smith, Carol Shields and last year’s winner, Barbara Kingsolver.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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