Here Is the 2015 Man Booker Prize Longlist
The 2015 Man Booker Prize longlist is in, and this year's selection is roughly half men six and half women seven. The prize was historically limited to authors from the U.K. the Commonwealth, Ireland and Zimbabwe this is only the second year that it has been open to anyone writing in the English language and published in the U.K. The longlist includes five American authors, up from four last year. One author on the list, Anne Enright, has already won a Man Booker Prize for her 2007 novel The Gathering. Tom McCarthy, Andrew O'Hagan and Marilynne Robinson have all previously been shortlisted, though Robinson was then in the Man Booker International Prize category, which has been reenvisioned to award a book in translation now that the general award is open to all Anglophone writers. This year's roundup also includes three debut novels, from Bill Clegg, Chigozie Obioma and Anna Smaill. Bill Clegg U.S.  Did You Ever Have a Family, Anne Enright Ireland  The Green Road, Marlon James Jamaica  A Brief History of Seven Killings, Laila Lalami U.S.  The Moor's Account, Tom McCarthy U.K.  Satin Island, Chigozie Obioma Nigeria  The Fishermen, Andrew O'Hagan U.K.  The Illuminations, Marilynne Robinson U.S.  Lila, Anuradha Roy India  Sleeping on Jupiter, Sunjeev Sahota U.K.  The Year of the Runaways, Anna Smaill New Zealand  The Chimes, Anne Tyler U.S.  A Spool of Blue Thread, Hanya Yanagihara U.S.  A Little Life, The shortlist will be announced on Sept. 15, and the winner on Oct. 13. Shortlisters will be awarded with 2,500 3,918 and the winner will receive an additional 50,000 78,358.