London Writers Award alumna Natasha Brown has been named among the finalists for this year’s Orwell Prize.
Natasha’s latest novel, Universality, is described as a “a fabulous fable about the politics of storytelling” by the Guardian, that “examines what it means to be truthful – and who really benefits when facts come to light.”
Natasha’s debut novel Assembly, developed during her time on the London Writers Award programme, was Foyles Fiction Book of the Year, shortlisted for several awards, and translated into 17 languages. She was a 2023 Granta Best of Young British Novelist and a 2021 Observer Best Debut Novelist.
The Orwell Prize is awarded for writing that meets the spirit of George Orwell’s own ambition “to make political writing into an art.” This year’s finalists are:
- Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
- heart be at peace by Donal Ryan,
- Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn,
- Precipice by Robert Harris,
- The Accidental Immigrants by Joe McMillan,
- The Harrow by Noah Eaton,
- There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak,
- and Universality by Natasha Brown
The winners of the 2025 Orwell Prize will be revealed on the 25 June 2025.
Huge congratulations Natasha!