Kiran Desai
The Inheritance of Loss
Penguin
Kiran Desai’s win with her second novel, Inheritance of Loss, made her the youngest female author, at the time, to have won the prize. Her mother Anita Desai, herself shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, was delighted with the news. Desai told reporters her win felt ‘like a family endeavour’.
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Shortlisted authors
Kate Grenville
M.J. Hyland
Hisham Matar |
Edward St Aubyn
Sarah Waters
Judges |
