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08/09/2004
Fiction, fact, poetry on First Book longlist
Nine books have made it to the longlist of the Guardian First Book Award, which includes fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
The prestigious 10,000 annual award, which was launched in 1999, is intended to recognise and reward writing by first-time authors across fiction and non-fiction.
This year over 145 books were submitted by publishers and the longlist is made up of five British authors, two American, one Dutch, and one Canadian of Latvian origin.
Previous winners include Zadie Smith's White Teeth and Jonathan Safran Foer's novel Everything is Illuminated.
The shortlist will be announced in early November, and the overall winner of the prize in December.
Longlist
Ground Water by Matthew Hollis (Bloodaxe)
A Chance Meeting by Rachel Cohen (Cape)
Natasha by David Bezmozgis (Cape)
The Places In Between by Rory Stewart (Picador)
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
High Tide: News from a Warming World by Mark Lynas (Flamingo)
Becoming Strangers by Louise Dean (Scribner)
Mutants: On the Form, Varieties and Errors of Human Body by Armand Marie Leroi (HarperCollins)
The Flood by David Maine (Canongate)
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