Booker Prize 2006 - Shortlisted Authors
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is one of the most famous literary awards.
On 10 October 2006, The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai was declared the winner of the Man Booker prize. The 2005 prize was won by John Banville's The Sea.
Not only is there a prize of £50,000 but such is the influence of the 'Booker' that it can have an enormous impact on book sales and reputations.
Previous winners like The Line of Beauty (2004), Life of Pi (2002) and Vernon God Little (2003) all became bestsellers.
The Shortlist for the Booker Prize 2006 was:
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland
In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar
Mother’s Milk by Edward St Aubyn
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
In this section we have biographies of the Booker 2006 shortlist authors. Last year we covered the 2005 Booker shortlist authors.
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006 judges are Hermione Lee (chair), Simon Armitage, Candia McWilliam, Anthony Quinn and Fiona Shaw.