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The womens prize for fiction, previously known as the baileys prize and the orange prize, rewards writing by female authors in english. In 2010, booker prize winner as byatt condemned the british award as sexist, and years. An american reared in mexico, harrison shepherd is caught in the tides of the mexican revolution until he ends up working for famed muralist diego riviera. The us and canada split the overall and goldmedal count lead at the vancouver olympics, with the us breaking the record for overall medals won in a winter games and canada winning a record number. What is the prize money break down for the 2010 masters. An olympic event where 1st prize is the chance to lose billions. Olympic games winners reference book about all olympics. In may 2012, it was announced that orange would be ending its sponsorship of the prize. Relive the most thrilling moments of athletes competing for a chance to win gold.