Anna Burns emerged the winner of the coveted Man Booker Award for 2018 for her novel Milkman on October 16, 2018. Anna, the first Northern Irish Writer to win the £50,000 (Rs 48 lakh) Man Booker honour, received the award from Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at the Guildhall in London on October 16, 2018. Milkman is a vibrant and violent story narrated by a young girl living in 1970s Northern Ireland during the Catholic-Protestant violence era there. Milkman was published in Britain in May this year. Anna Burn’s Milkman pipped five other novels to win the honour.
Six shortlisted novelists along with their novels for the Man Booker Prize this year are as follow:
| Author | Book |
| Anna Burns | Milkman (Winner) |
| Robin Robertson | The Long Take |
| Rachel Kushner | The Mars Room |
| Richard Powers | The Overstory |
| Esi Edugyan | Washington Black |
| Daisy Johnson | Everything Under |
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