US authors make up almost half of the 13 semifinalists for the Booker Prize for Fiction
LONDON (AP) — Six American writers, including Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy Orange, are among 13 semifinalists announced Tuesday for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Pulitzer Prize-winning Cheyenne and Arapaho author Orange is the first Native American Booker semi-finalist for the £50,000 ($64,000) prize with his century-spanning saga “Wandering Stars.” Everett is nominated […]
