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J.G. Ballard

J.G. Ballard was at the forefront of modern British fiction writing for over three decades and became a bestselling writer of international stature

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Kazuo Ishiguro

Kazuo Ishiguro’s works of fiction have earned him many honours around the world, including the Nobel Prize in Literature

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J.M. Coetzee

J.M. Coetzee is a multi-award-winning author, and was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature

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John Banville

John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland. His novel The Sea won the Booker Prize in 2005

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James Kelman

James Kelman was born in Glasgow. His novel How Late It Was, How Late won the Booker Prize 1994

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A.S. Byatt

A.S. Byatt won the Booker Prize in 1990 with Possession and was shortlisted in 2009 with The Children’s Book. Writing, she said, ‘is simply the most important thing in my life’

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Peter Carey

Peter Carey is an Australian author who has won the Booker Prize twice, for Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang

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Bruce Chatwin

Bruce Chatwin was born in Sheffield, England. His novel Utz was nominated for the Booker Prize 1988

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Ben Okri

Sir Ben Okri is a poet, playwright and novelist. His novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1991

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Alan Hollinghurst

Born in Stroud, England, Alan Hollinghurst is a novelist, poet, short story writer and translator