One of the last things that Shields wrote was a characteristically generous jacket comment for Valerie Martin
's first novel, Property, which won the Orange Prize in 2003.
qtd. in
Atwood, Margaret. “To the light house”. The Guardian, 26 Aug. 2003, p. 28.
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June 2003: The relatively obscure New Orleans writer...
Writing climate item
June 2003
The relatively obscure New Orleans writer Valerie Martin
beat the young and already famous Zadie Smith
and Donna Tartt
to win the Orange Award for Fiction with her novel Property.
Ezard, John. “Turn-up for the books as surprise winner takes Orange fiction prize”. Guardian Unlimited, 4 June 2003.
