The Man Booker Prize short list of six top novels was released tonight - but this year the prestigious award does not have a New Zealander among the top picks.
New Zealand writer Anna Smaill's debut novel The Chimes was on the Booker long list of 13 novels, but didnot make the cut for the $120,000 award prize late last night.
After the release of the list, the 36-year-old Auckland-born woman tweeted: "A brilliant and formidably strong shortlist. Congrats, all! I'm so proud that The Chimes rubbed shoulders with those novels for a time."
A brilliant and formidably strong shortlist. Congrats, all! I'm so proud that The Chimes rubbed shoulders with those novels for a time.
This year's winner will be announced on October 13.
Man Booker Prize shortlist:
• Anne Tyler (US) - A Spool of Blue Thread (Chatto & Windus) • Sunjeev Sahota (UK) - The Year of the Runaways (Picador) • Tom McCarthy (UK) - Satin Island (Jonathan Cape) • Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria) - The Fishermen (ONE, Pushkin Press) • Marlon James (Jamaica) - A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld Publications) • Hanya Yanagihara (US) - A Little Life (Picador)
