US author Robinson smiles during an interview in central London
U.S. author Marilynne Robinson smiles during an interview with Reuters in central London June 4, 2009. Robinson won the Orange Prize for Fiction on Wednesday for "Home", the companion piece to her acclaimed "Gilead". Britain's annual award to the best novel written in English by a woman, worth 30,000 pounds ($50,000) to the winner, follows a Pulitzer Prize for Gilead, which appeared in 2004. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez (BRITAIN MEDIA HEADSHOT SOCIETY)