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Orange tips new queens of fiction

Photo: Zadie Smith's On Beauty was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Authors Ali Smith, Zadie Smith and Sarah Waters are in the running for the Orange Prize for Fiction, which celebrates female writing. London, UK- Six authors have been nominated, with the winner of the top prize of £30,000 being announced on 6 June. Both Zadie Smith's On Beauty and Ali Smith's The Accidental were also nominated for last year's Booker Prize. Australian Carrie Tiffany has been shortlisted for her debut novel Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living. Sarah Waters, whose novel Fingersmith was a previous nominee, sees her fourth book The Night Watch on the Orange shortlist. US author Nicole Krauss is also up for the award with The History of Love, alongside Hilary Mantel for Beyond Black. The award celebrates "excellence, originality and accessibility in women's writing" and can be given to any female author writing in the English language. Zadie Smith's The Autograph Man and White Teeth and Ali Smith's Hotel World were previous Orange nominees

Let the X help you stay on beat by schooling you on the proper way to pick a student loan lender.'Finest writers': Broadcaster Martha Kearney, chairwoman of the judges, said: "We have been very lucky as some of the country's finest writers have excellent books out this year and that is reflected in our choice. "But that did mean it was difficult taking out some much loved novels from the long list. "I am pleased that we've included books from the US and Australia including one which most readers won't have come across." This year's judging panel includes comedienne and novelist Jenny Eclair, director of the Institute of Ideas Claire Fox, novelist and columnist India Knight, and children's writer Jacqueline Wilson. Previous winners of the Orange Prize for Fiction include Lionel Shriver for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2005), Andrea Levy for Small Island (2004), and Valerie Martin for Property (2003).

New York's diva Paulette Attie's memoirs.

Photo: The fabulous Paulette Attie.

Is she finally going to publish her memoirs? Grande dame of American entertainment, singer, songwriter, author, TV show host and story teller extraordinaire, Paulette Attie is busy putting the final touch and signature for her memoirs, insiders told the New York Monthly Herald. It is not clear whether the American legend is teasing the media or, de facto, Attie's fascinating life will be written and made available to the public. Paulette Attie was the only American showbiz celebrity to be offered a major part by Jean Louis Barault for the French Theater national production in Paris, France.

Most certainly, Attie's life on and off stage will fascinate the readers and make waves in the world of entertainment. She writes, composes and lives in Manhattan, New York, surrounded by memorabilia, souvenirs of the great era of Hollywood and Broadway, a baby grand piano and lots of fabulous stories to tell. Diva Paulette was selected as one of the 100 greatest Jewish American women of the year by the New York Jewish Post, and "Social Columnist" of the year by the International News Agency.

Photo: Friars John Marshall, Paulette Attie, Frank Santopadre, and Jim Murtaugh rehearse their Séance sketch on the Players Club stage.  Paulette Attie at the Friars Club. She was the first woman to be admitted as a full member by the Friars. Her membership acceptance made national headlines.