2010 judges Russell Celyn Jones, Lindsey Davis and Frances Fyfield have shortlisted six books for the £4k award which will be awarded on June 15th at the Society of Authors’ Awards.
The shortlist:
- The Rotting Spot by Valerie Laws (Red Squirrel Press)
- Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin (Atlantic)
- The Rescue Man by Anthony Quinn (Cape)
- Beauty by Raphael Selbourne (Tindal Street Press)
- Black Rock by Amanda Smyth (Serpent’s Tail)
- Kissing Alice by Jacqueline Yallop (Atlantic)
The McKitterick Prize is for a first novel by an author over the age of 40, and was endowed by the late Tom McKitterick.