Naomi Alderman's debut novel DISOBEDIENCE is longlisted for this year's Orange Prize for Fiction

The Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK's only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, today announces the 2006 longlist:

Minaret by Leila Aboulela

Harbor by Lorraine Adams

Disobedience by Naomi Alderman

Watch Me Disappear by Jill Dawson

House of Orphans by Helen Dunmore

White Ghost Girls by Alice Greenaway

The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory

Dreams of Speaking by Gail Jones

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel

Lost in the Forest by Sue Miller

Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

The Accidental by Ali Smith

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany

Frangipani by Célestine Hitiura Vaite

The Night Watch by Sarah Waters

The Position by Meg Wolitzer

This year's longlist honours both new and well-established writers, featuring five first novels including DISOBEDIENCE alongside the first ever Orange Prize for Fiction winner; Helen Dunmore took the prize in 1996 for A Spell of Winter.

The shortlist will be announced on Wednesday 26th April, with the award ceremony taking place on Tuesday 6th June.