US authors make up almost half of the Booker Prize for fiction longlist

Six American writers including Percival Everett (pictured), Rachel Kushner, and Tommy Orange are among 13 semifinalists announced for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Photo: AP

Six American writers including Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy Orange are among 13 semifinalists announced recently for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Cheyenne and Arapaho author Orange is the first Native American Booker semifinalist for the 50,000 pound (RM295,000) award with his centuries-spanning saga Wandering Stars.