Ruth Ozeki, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Eleanor Catton on the Man Booker Prize 2013 shortlist

Man Booker Prize 2013 shortlist announced: Jim Crace leads the six authors with his swan song Harvest, reports The Independent

Three Asian writers, Indian-American Jhumpa Lahiri, New Zealander Eleanor Catton and Japanese-American Ruth Ozeki have made it to the Man Booker Prize 2013 shortlist, which was announced today.

Other contenders on the list are Colm Tóibín, NoViolet Bulawayo and Jim Crace. Jim Crace, with Harvest, is already being touted as the “marginal favourite” to take the top literary prize, The Independent said.