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Hernan Diaz

Hernan Diaz was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award, he is the author of two novels, which have been translated into more than 20 languages

Type: Author

Leila Mottley

Leila Mottley was born in 2003 in Oakland, California, where she still lives and works

Type: Author

Maddie Mortimer

Maddie Mortimer was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022. She was born in London in 1996 to a family of writers: both her mother and her maternal grandfather were also authors

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Claire Keegan

Claire Keegan was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022. She is a novelist and short story writer, whose work has won numerous awards and been translated into 30 languages

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Shehan Karunatilaka

Shehan Karunatilaka won the Booker Prize in 2022. He is considered one of Sri Lanka’s foremost authors. In addition to his novels he has written rock songs, screenplays and travel stories

Type: Author

Percival Everett

Percival Everett lives in Los Angeles, where he is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California

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The Booker Prize 2022 judges

Cultural historian, writer and broadcaster Neil MacGregor chairs the Booker Prize 2022 panel of judges and is joined by academic and broadcaster Shahidha Bari; historian Helen Castor; novelist and critic M John Harrison; and novelist, poet and professor Alain Mabanckou

Type: Feature
Date: 26 Jul 2022

13 things you need to know about the Booker Prize 2022 longlist

As the Booker Prize 2022 longlist is announced, we’ve pulled together the most interesting facts and trends that have emerged in this year’s selection

Type: Feature
Date: 14 Jul 2023

Six Booker Prize-nominated books set in the USA

From moving tales of immigration to novels endorsed by former presidents, these Booker Prize-nominated titles will take you on a journey to the home of pioneers and adventurers

Type: Feature
Date: 14 Jul 2023

Six Booker Prizes-nominated books set in France

From whip-smart whodunnits to novels that break all the rules, these Booker Prize-nominated books will take you on a journey through the France we know and love – and show you another side of it, too