Terence Wheeler

Terence Wheeler was born in Portsmouth, England. His debut novel The Conjunction, set in India, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1970.

He published two other novels, From Home in Heaven (1971), also set in India, and The Wreck of the Rat Trap (1973), set in Portsmouth, where he grew up. He wrote two screenplays titled Spice Island, Farewell and Brent Geese, both of which were broadcast by the BBC in the 1970s. He lived in Whitstable, Kent and died on 25 December 2018 at the age of 82.

All nominated books

The Conjunction

This Terence Wheeler novel is a speculation on how power passes from one generation to the next and how one buries the other.

Scene from the 2012 film Life of Pi, directed and produced by Ang Lee

Yann Martel on writing Life of Pi: 'You want a sense that it was written in one breath'

In an exclusive interview, the 2002 Booker Prize winner talks about the process behind his best-known novel — and making the fantastic feel believable

Historical Fiction books nominated for the Booker Prize

Historical Fiction - Find out more about the works and authors in the Booker Library that explore topics and tell stories from within historical settings

The Long Song by Andrea Levy, in the author’s own words

Andrea Levy, the author of The Long Song, died in 2019. Here we reproduce some of her comments on the book, including how and why she wrote it

Hilary Mantel Q&A

The two-time Booker Prize winner sat down with us on being longlisted for The Mirror & the Light.