Winner
Larry’s Party – Carol Shield
Shortlist
Lives of the Monster Dogs – Kirsten Bakis
The Ventriloquist’s Tale – Pauline Melville
The Magician’s Assistant – Ann Patchett
Love Like Hate Adore – Deirdre Purcell
The Weight of Water – Anita Shreve
Longlist
Bitter Grounds – Sandra Benitez
Man or Mango? by Lucy Ellmann
Gaglow – Esther Freud
The Aguero Sisters – Cristina Garcia
The House Gun – Nadine Gordimer
The Breaking – Kathryn Heyman
Round Rock – Michelle Huneven
Ark Baby – Liz Jensen
Undiscovered Country – Christina Koning
The Orchard – Drusilla Modjeska
Black and Blue – Anna Quindlen
Impossible Saints – Michele Roberts
The Underpainter – Jane Urquhart
Baby Love – Louis Young
