Margaret Atwood and Philip Roth have both made the shortlist for the International Booker Prize, according to the BBC. The international prize is awarded every two years to a living author whose work is in English (or has been translated into English). The prize is given for the body of an author’s work.

The winner of the £60,000 prize is chosen from the 15-powerful shortlist and will be announced in June.
Others on the shortlist include Doris Lessing, Peter Carey, Salman Rushdie and John Banville. The original Booker Prize is open only to writers from Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth.



The international award includes writers from Canada, Britain, the US, Australia, Ireland, France, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria and the Netherlands.