2009 PEN/Ackerley Prize for the Memoir

THE FOLLOWING AUTHORS have been shortlisted for the 2009 PEN/Ackerley Prize for the Memoir:

1. Nothing to be Frightened Of (Jonathan Cape, 2008) / Julian Barnes
2. The Three of Us (Jonathan Cape, 2008) / Julia Blackburn
3. My Judy Garland Life (Virago, 2008) / Susie Boyt
4. Cold Cream: My Early Life and Other Mistakes (Bloomsbury, 2008) / Ferdinand Mount
5. If You Don’t Know Me By Now: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton (Penguin Viking, 2008) / Sathnam Sanghera

The winner of the best memoir will be announced on July 13, 2009