Singer Lily Allen is set to become a judge for next year's Orange Prize, awarded for women's fiction.
The singer will be joined on the judging panel by broadcaster Kirsty Lang, novelist Philippa Gregory, writer Bel Mooney and journalist Lisa Allardice.
The shortlist for the prize, which is worth £30,000, will be announced in April 2008, with the winner due to be selected in June.
Previous winners of the prize include Zadie Smith and Andrea Levy.
