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


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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.

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