Barbara Kingsolver wins Orange Prize for Fiction

Barbara Kingsolver's The Lacuna was awarded the Orange Prize for Fiction on Wednesday.

Others for consideration were:

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

Black Water Rising by Attica Locke

The Very Thought of You by Rosie Alison

The White Woman on the Green Bicycle by Monique Roffey

PEN/ Faulkner Award 2010

Sherman Alexie was awarded the PEN/Faulkner award for fiction Tuesday for "War Dances," a collection of short stories.

The award, started in 1981, comes with a prize of $15,000.

Last year's winner was Joseph O'Neill for "Netherland."