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Chinua Achebe

The poet, critic and novelist Chinua Achebe came to prominence in 1958 with Things Fall Apart. By 1987 and Anthills of the Savannah, he was a venerated figure

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Rose Tremain

A year after judging the Booker Prize, Rose Tremain was shortlisted for Restoration. She wasn’t done, however, and renewed her acquaintance with the prize in 2010 as a longlistee with Trespass

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George Mackay Brown

George Mackay Brown was one of the 20th century’s most distinguished and original writers

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Romesh Gunesekera

Romesh Gunesekera is an award-winning author, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1994

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Christopher Hope

Christopher Hope was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the author of Kruger's Alp, which won the Whitbread Prize for Fiction

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Patrick McCabe

Patrick McCabe was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. Two of his novels have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize

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Caryl Phillips

Caryl Phillips is the author of several acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction, including Crossing the River, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1993

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Justin Cartwright

Justin Cartwright worked in advertising and directed documentaries, films and television commercials. He also somehow found time to write 17 novels

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Andrew O'Hagan

Andrew O'Hagan is one of the most exciting and well-respected chroniclers of contemporary Britain

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Colm Tóibín

Colm Tóibín is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic and poet. He was born in County Wexford, Ireland