British writers have clinched three spots on the Man Booker prize shortlist after the UK's most prestigious literary award opened its doors to writers of any nationality for the first time in its 46-year history. The move, intended to embrace "the freedom of English in all its vigour, its vitality, its versatility and its glory wherever it may be", had prompted fears that the heavyweights of American literature would dominate the British award. But in the event, two US writers have made final round of this year's award: Joshua Ferris and Karen Joy Fowler.
The Guardian: Man Booker prize shortlist 2014 includes US authors for the first time
Joshua Ferris, Richard Flanagan, Karen Joy Fowler, Howard Jacobson, Neel Mukherjee and Ali Smith are today, Sept. 9, announced as the shortlisted authors for the 2014 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
