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Elizabeth Strout and Miranda July are among finalists for the Women's Prize for Fiction

LONDON (AP) 鈥 American authors Elizabeth Strout and Miranda July are among finalists announced Wednesday for the Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction , alongside four debut novelists exploring the search for freedom in different countries and cultures.
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FILE - Author Miranda July attends the 75th National Book Awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

LONDON (AP) 鈥 American authors Elizabeth Strout and Miranda July are among finalists announced Wednesday for the , alongside four debut novelists exploring the search for freedom in different countries and cultures.

Pulitzer Prize winner Strout鈥檚 Maine-set mystery novel 鈥淭ell Me Everything鈥 and writer'-filmmaker July鈥檚 鈥淎ll Fours,鈥 in which a 鈥渟emi-famous artist鈥 seeks a new life, are shortlisted for the 30,000 pound ($39,000) prize. It's open to female English-language writers from any country.

The contenders also include Dutch writer Yael van der Wouden鈥檚 postwar story 鈥淭he Safekeep鈥 and German-born poet Aria Aber鈥檚 novel 鈥淕ood Girl,鈥 about a teenager exploring her dual German-Afghan heritage.

Also on the list are Iran-born writer Sanam Mahloudji鈥檚 intergenerational family saga 鈥淭he Persians,鈥 and 鈥淔undamentally鈥 by Britain's Nussaibah Younis, about an academic trying to rehabilitate women caught up with the Islamic State group.

Author Kit de Waal, who is chairing the panel of judges, said that the six books were 鈥渃lassics of the future鈥 that explored 鈥渢he importance of human connection.鈥

鈥淲hat is surprising and refreshing is to see so much humor, nuance and lightness employed by these novelists to shed light on challenging concepts,鈥 she said.

Previous winners of the fiction prize, founded in 1996, include Zadie Smith, and .

Last year, award organizers launched a companion to help rectify an imbalance in publishing. In 2022, only 26.5% of nonfiction books reviewed in Britain鈥檚 newspapers were by women, and male writers dominated established nonfiction writing prizes.

Winners of both and fiction prizes will be announced on June 12 at a ceremony in London.

The Associated Press

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