McCann, Reid, Tyler, Zhang Among Our 6 PRH U.S., Canada, UK Booker Longlisters
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Our U. S., UK, and Canada imprints are the publishers of 6 of the 13 authors whose books have just been longlisted for this year’s Booker Prize.
Colum McCann, Kiley Reid, Anne Tyler, and C Pam Zhang are among the authors selected by the current panel of judges, which include Lee Child, ultimately determining the winner of one of the world’s most distinguished literary-fiction prizes, from titles published in the English language between October 1, 2019 and September 30, 2020.
Our Semi-Finalists:
REDHEAD BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD by Anne Tyler
U.S.: Knopf; Random House Audio
Canada: Bond Street Books/Doubleday Canada
UK: Chatto & Windus
HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD by C Pam Zhang
U.S. Riverhead: Penguin Audio
Canada: Riverhead U.S. distribution
REAL LIFE by Brandon Taylor
U.S. Riverhead; Penguin Audio
Canada: Riverhead U.S. distribution
SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid
U.S. G.P. Putnam’s Sons; Penguin Audio
Canada: Putnam U.S. distribution
APEIROGON by Colum McCann
U.S.: Random House; Random House Audio
BURNT SUGAR by Avni Doshi
UK: Hamish Hamilton
Congratulations to our nominated authors, their editors — Sarah McGrath (C Pam Zhang); Jennifer Hershey (Colum McCann); Diana Miller (Anne Tyler); Sally Kim (Kiley Reid); and Cal Morgan (Brandon Taylor) — and their respective Riverhead, Random House, Knopf, and Putnam publishing teams.
We also are wistfully hoping for an encore of last October’s results, when our THE TESTAMENTS by Margaret Atwood and Bernadine Evaristo’s GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER were the Prize’s first-ever dual winners.
The Booker Short List is announced September 15, and the winner will be revealed, also from London, October 27.
Click here for the complete Booker Longlist.
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