Posted December 14, 200717 yr Lily Allen is to be one of the judges for next year's Orange Prize for women's fiction, it was announced on Wednesday. She joins a panel chaired by broadcaster Kirsty Lang. The other judges are novelist Philippa Gregory, writer Bel Mooney and journalist Lisa Allardice. The shortlist for the 30,000 pound ($61,410) prize, set up in 1996 to promote female authors, is announced in April and the winner picked in June. Previous winners of the prize which consistently stokes controversy among literary critics, include Zadie Smith and Andrea Levy. This is great! :D
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