Debut authors make up more than half of the 20 authors on the long list for the 2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, alongside established authors such as Kate Atkinson, Anne Enright and Pulitzer Prize winners Geraldine Brooks and Elizabeth Strout. Chair of Judges Margaret Mountford said of this year’s longlist: “We had a hugely enjoyable and stimulating meeting, as there were a great many strong novels in contention. We are delighted with the quality, the imaginative scope and the ambition of our chosen books, a longlist which reflects the judges’ interests and tastes. We hope readers will enjoy the variety of outstanding work on offer.” The full long list is: