Shortlist Announced
24 September 2002

Yann Martel, Rohinton Mistry, Carol Shields, William Trevor, Sarah Waters and Tim Winton are the six authors shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2002, the UK's best known literary award. The shortlist was announced by chair of judges, Professor Lisa Jardine, at a press conference in London today (24 September, 2002).

The six shortlisted books for the Man Booker Prize 2002 are:

Yann Martel - Life of Pi (Canongate)

Rohinton Mistry - Family Matters (Faber and Faber )

Carol Shields - Unless (4th Estate)

William Trevor - The Story of Lucy Gault (Viking)

Sarah Waters - Fingersmith (Virago)

Tim Winton - Dirt Music (Picador)