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Authors await Man Booker shortlist Julian Barnes heads up Booker shortlist
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The 13 authors on the Man Booker longlist will be whittled down to six when the shortlist is announced later. Bookies' favourite Julian Barnes is among six authors featured on this year's Man Booker Prize shortlist.
Julian Barnes has been named favourite to win the literary prize ahead of the announcement. Bookmaker William Hill put Barnes at 3-1 to win for his novel The Sense of an Ending ahead of the announcement.
Bookmaker William Hill put him at 3-1 to win for his novel The Sense of an Ending. Stephen Kelman, AD Miller, Carol Birch, Patrick deWitt and Esi Edugyan have also made it onto the shortlist.
The winner of the £50,000 annual prize will be named at London's Guildhall on 18 October. The winner of the £50,000 annual prize - won last year by Howard Jacobson's The Finkler Question - will be named on 18 October.
Alan Hollinghurst, whose novel The Stranger's Child had been second favourite to win, did not make the shortlist.
Former MI5 chief Dame Stella Rimington is the chair of this year's judging panel.
Writer and journalist Matthew d'Ancona, author Susan Hill, author and politician Chris Mullin and Gaby Wood of the Telegraph are her fellow jurors.
Barnes has been shortlisted for the prize on three previous occasions, without success.Barnes has been shortlisted for the prize on three previous occasions, without success.
The 65-year-old was nominated in 1984 for Flaubert's Parrot, in 1998 for England, England and in 2005 for Arthur and George.The 65-year-old was nominated in 1984 for Flaubert's Parrot, in 1998 for England, England and in 2005 for Arthur and George.
"Literary punters believe this is the year the Booker judges will finally reward Julian Barnes," said William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe. This year's shortlist contains two debut novelists - Miller and Kelman - as well as two women - Birch and Edugyan.
Alan Hollinghurst, whose novel The Line of Beauty won the prize in 2004, is second favourite at 5-1 with The Stranger's Child.
Hollinghurst's novel, a generation-spanning saga about a love triangle and a family mystery, was an early favourite when the longlist was announced in July.
Joint third favourites at 7-1 are Carol Birch's novel Jamrach's Menagerie and AD Miller's Snowdrops.
Previously shortlisted writer Sebastian Barry has been longlisted this year for On Canaan's Side.
The longlist also includes Canadian authors Alison Pick, Patrick deWitt and Esi Edugyan, as well as four debut novelists - Miller, Stephen Kelman, Yvvette Edwards and Patrick McGuinness.
A total of 138 books were considered by the judges, chaired by former MI5 chief Dame Stella Rimington.
Writer and journalist Matthew d'Ancona, author Susan Hill, author and politician Chris Mullin and Gaby Wood of the Telegraph complete the panel.
Last year's Man Booker Prize was won by Howard Jacobson's The Finkler Question.