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04/11/2004
Guardian First Book shortlist announced
Five authors have been shortlisted for the prestigious Guardian First Book award.
The list contains a mixture of genres, in keeping with the 10,000 award's choice from fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Ground Water by Matthew Hollis is a collection of poems; Natasha by David Bezmozgis is a book of short stories; Susanna Clarke is shortlisted for her novel, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell; non-fiction is represented by Rory Stewart's The Places in Between, and Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body, by Armand Marie Leroi.
The eight judges will make their choice on 1 December. The award is unique in giving a voice to readers' groups run by Waterstone's bookshops.
Claire Armitstead, literary editor of the Guardian and chair of the judging process, said: "I'm delighted by the variety this year, and believe it once again reflects the range, enthusiasm and discrimination of both our judges and the members of the Waterstone's reading groups who play such a vital part in making it happen."
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