Wow! Chigozie Obioma makes the 2015 Man Booker Prize shortlist!

Congratulations to our very own Chigozie Obioma! Himself, Marlon James, Tom McCarthy, Sunjeev Sahota, Anne Tyler and Hanya Yanagihara are the six authors shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2015. The shortlist was announced this morning, September 15 by a panel of judges chaired by Princeton English professor, Michael Wood.

The Fishermen was hailed by the judges as "a captivating tale of the tragic unravelling of a family in modern-day Nigeria"

The Man Booker longlist was announced in August.