Shortlist announced for Melissa Nathan Award 2013

The shortlist for the Melissa Nathan Award for Fiction about Life and Love 2013 has been revealed, and it's starring some lovely books! The awards (formerly called The Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance) are held every year to celebrate the best in women's fiction, and previous winners include Marian Keyes, Lisa Jewell and Jenny Colgan, so this year's winner will be joining a pretty prestigious list.

The ceremony will be held in June where the winner will be announced. Judges for the competition are Sophie Kinsella, Jo Brand, Kathy Lette, Morwenna Banks and Andrew Saffron.

• Charlotte Street by Danny Wallace    (Ebury Press)


• You Had Me At Hello by Mhairi McFarlane   (HarperCollins)


• Summer Daydreams by Carole Matthews  (Little Brown)


• Where’d you Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple    (Orion)


• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell  (Orion)


• The Wedding Dairies by Sam Binnie   (HarperCollins)

Find out more about The Melissa Nathan Award.