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Scottish Booker Prize nominees

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Discover which books by Scottish authors have been nominated for the Booker Prize.

The list includes the best Scottish authors and their novels, including writers such as Douglas Stuart, Muriel Spark, George Mackay Brown, Ali Smith, James Kelman and many more.

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Number of Scottish authors who have won the Booker Prize - Douglas Stuart in 2020 and James Kelman in 1994.

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Number of times Inverness-born author Ali Smith has been nominated for the Booker Prize.

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Number of Scottish authors who have been nominated for the Booker Prize three times: Muriel Spark, Andrew O’Hagan and James Kelman.

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Number of Scottish authors who have been nominated twice for the Booker Prize: Graeme Macrae Burnet and Shena Mackay.

Books by Scottish authors that have won the Booker Prize

How late it was, how late
Prize winner
James Kelman’s raw, wry vision of human survival in a bureaucratic world is given voice by Sammy, an ex-convict with a penchant for shoplifting
Shuggie Bain
Prize winner
Douglas Stuart’s blistering and heartbreaking debut is an exploration of the unsinkable love that only children can have for their damaged parents

Scottish authors who have won the Booker Prize

Scottish authors nominated for the Booker Prize

Books by Scottish authors nominated for the Booker Prize