SettingsBooker Prize winners
A. S. Byatt
Dame Antonia Susan Duffy, DBE, known as A. S. Byatt ( ; born 24 August 1936, Sheffield) is an English novelist, poet and Booker Prize winner.
Dame Antonia Susan Duffy, DBE, known as A. S. Byatt ( ; born 24 August 1936, Sheffield) is an English novelist, poet and Booker Prize winner.
Alan Hollinghurst
Alan Hollinghurst FRSL (born 26 May 1954) is a British novelist, and winner of the 2004 Man Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty.
Alan Hollinghurst FRSL (born 26 May 1954) is a British novelist, and winner of the 2004 Man Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty.
Anita Brookner
Anita Brookner CBE is an English language novelist and art historian who was born in Herne Hill, a suburb of London.
Anita Brookner CBE is an English language novelist and art historian who was born in Herne Hill, a suburb of London.
Barry Unsworth
Barry Unsworth is a British novelist who writes historical fiction.
Barry Unsworth is a British novelist who writes historical fiction.
Bernice Rubens
Bernice Rubens was a Booker Prize-winning Welsh novelist.
Bernice Rubens was a Booker Prize-winning Welsh novelist.
David Storey
David Rhames Storey (born 31 Aug 1933) is an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a former professional rugby league player.
David Rhames Storey (born 31 Aug 1933) is an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a former professional rugby league player.
Graham Swift
Graham Colin Swift FRSL (born May 4, 1949) is a well-known British author.
Graham Colin Swift FRSL (born May 4, 1949) is a well-known British author.
Hilary Mantel
Hilary Mary Mantel CBE, née Thompson, is an English novelist, short story writer and critic.
Hilary Mary Mantel CBE, née Thompson, is an English novelist, short story writer and critic.
Ian McEwan
Ian Russell McEwan CBE, FRSA, FRSL is a British novelist and screenwriter, and one of Britain's most highly regarded writers.
Ian Russell McEwan CBE, FRSA, FRSL is a British novelist and screenwriter, and one of Britain's most highly regarded writers.
Iris Murdoch
Dame Iris Murdoch DBE (15 July 19198 February 1999) was an Irish-born British author and philosopher, best known for her novels about political and social questions of good and evil, sexual rel...
Dame Iris Murdoch DBE (15 July 19198 February 1999) was an Irish-born British author and philosopher, best known for her novels about political and social questions of good and evil, sexual rel...
J. G. Farrell
James Gordon Farrell (25 January 1935 – 11 August 1979), known as J.G. Farrell, was a Liverpool-born novelist of Irish descent.
James Gordon Farrell (25 January 1935 – 11 August 1979), known as J.G. Farrell, was a Liverpool-born novelist of Irish descent.
J. M. Coetzee
John Maxwell "J. M." Coetzee is a novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature.
John Maxwell "J. M." Coetzee is a novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature.
James Gordon Farrell
James Gordon Farrell, known as J.G. Farrell, was a Liverpool-born novelist of Irish descent.
James Gordon Farrell, known as J.G. Farrell, was a Liverpool-born novelist of Irish descent.
James Kelman
James Kelman is an influential writer of novels, short stories, plays and political essays.
James Kelman is an influential writer of novels, short stories, plays and political essays.
John Banville
William John Banville, who writes as John Banville who sometimes writes as Benjamin Black, is an Irish novelist, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter.
William John Banville, who writes as John Banville who sometimes writes as Benjamin Black, is an Irish novelist, adapter of dramas, and screenwriter.
John Berger
John Peter Berger (born 5 November 1926) is an English art critic, novelist, painter, poet and author.
John Peter Berger (born 5 November 1926) is an English art critic, novelist, painter, poet and author.
Keri Hulme
Keri Hulme is a New Zealand writer, best known for The Bone People, her only novel.
Keri Hulme is a New Zealand writer, best known for The Bone People, her only novel.
Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai is an Indian author who is a citizen of India and a permanent resident of the United States.
Kiran Desai is an Indian author who is a citizen of India and a permanent resident of the United States.
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist.
Margaret Eleanor Atwood, is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist.
Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer is a South African writer, political activist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature, when she was recognised as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing ha...
Nadine Gordimer is a South African writer, political activist and recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature, when she was recognised as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing ha...
P. H. Newby
Percy Howard Newby CBE (25 June 1918 – 6 September 1997) was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator.
Percy Howard Newby CBE (25 June 1918 – 6 September 1997) was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator.
Pat Barker
Pat Barker is an English writer and novelist.
Pat Barker is an English writer and novelist.
Paul Mark Scott
Paul Mark Scott (March 25, 1920 in Southgate - March 1, 1978 in London) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his monumental tetralogy the Raj Quartet.
Paul Mark Scott (March 25, 1920 in Southgate - March 1, 1978 in London) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his monumental tetralogy the Raj Quartet.
Paul Scott (novelist)
Paul Mark Scott (March 25, 1920 in Southgate - March 1, 1978 in London) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his monumental tetralogy the Raj Quartet.
Paul Mark Scott (March 25, 1920 in Southgate - March 1, 1978 in London) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet, best known for his monumental tetralogy the Raj Quartet.
Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald was a Booker Prize-winning English novelist, poet, essayist and biographer.
Penelope Fitzgerald was a Booker Prize-winning English novelist, poet, essayist and biographer.
Penelope Lively
Dame Penelope Margaret Lively, DBE, FRSL is a prolific, popular and critically acclaimed author of fiction for both children and adults.
Dame Penelope Margaret Lively, DBE, FRSL is a prolific, popular and critically acclaimed author of fiction for both children and adults.
Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle (Ruaidhrí Ó Dúill, born 8 May 1958 in Dublin) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter.
Roddy Doyle (Ruaidhrí Ó Dúill, born 8 May 1958 in Dublin) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (born 7 May 1927) is a Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (born 7 May 1927) is a Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter.
Salman Rushdie
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (Hindi: अहमद सलमान रुशदी (Devanagari), (Nastaʿlīq); ; born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist.
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (Hindi: अहमद सलमान रुशदी (Devanagari), (Nastaʿlīq); ; born 19 June 1947) is a British Indian novelist and essayist.
Stanley Middleton
Stanley Middleton FRSL (1 August 1919 – 25 July 2009) was a British novelist.
Stanley Middleton FRSL (1 August 1919 – 25 July 2009) was a British novelist.
Thomas Keneally
Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright and author of non-fiction.
Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright and author of non-fiction.
V. S. Naipaul
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V. S." Naipaul, TC, is a Nobel prize-winning Indo-Trinidadian-British writer who is known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire's colonialism.
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V. S." Naipaul, TC, is a Nobel prize-winning Indo-Trinidadian-British writer who is known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire's colonialism.
William Golding
Sir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate, best known for his novel Lord of the Flies.
Sir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate, best known for his novel Lord of the Flies.
Yann Martel
Yann Martel is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi.
Yann Martel is a Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi.