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Well, here's your chance._ by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jul 29, 2015 3:07 PM UTC  by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jul 29, 2015 3:07 PM UTC The 2015 Man Booker Prize longlist [is in](http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/man-booker-prize-announces-2015-longlist), and this year’s selection is roughly half men (six) and half women (seven). The prize was historically limited to authors from the U.K., the Commonwealth, Ireland and Zimbabwe; this is only the second year that it has been open to anyone writing in the English language and published in the U.K. The longlist includes five American authors, up from four [last year](http://time.com/3022391/man-booker-prize-longlist/). One author on the list, Anne Enright, has already won a Man Booker Prize for her 2007 novel _The Gathering_. Tom McCarthy, Andrew O’Hagan and Marilynne Robinson have all previously been shortlisted, though Robinson was then in the Man Booker International Prize category, which has been reenvisioned to award a book in translation now that the general award is open to all Anglophone writers. This year’s roundup also includes three debut novels, from Bill Clegg, Chigozie Obioma and Anna Smaill. Bill Clegg (U.S.) — [_Did You Ever Have a Family_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476798176/?tag=timecom-20) Anne Enright (Ireland) — [_The Green Road_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0393248216/?tag=timecom-20) Marlon James (Jamaica) — [_A Brief History of Seven Killings_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/159448600X/?tag=timecom-20) Laila Lalami (U.S.) — [_The Moor’s Account_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307911667/?tag=timecom-20) Tom McCarthy (U.K.) — [_Satin Island_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307593959/?tag=timecom-20) Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria) — [_The Fishermen_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0957548850/?tag=timecom-20) Andrew O’Hagan (U.K.) — [_The Illuminations_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374174563/?tag=timecom-20) Marilynne Robinson (U.S.) — [_Lila_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0374187614/?tag=timecom-20) Anuradha Roy (India) — [_Sleeping on Jupiter_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0857053477/?tag=timecom-20) Sunjeev Sahota (U.K.) — [_The Year of the Runaways_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1101946105/?tag=timecom-20) Anna Smaill (New Zealand) — [_The Chimes_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1444794531/?tag=timecom-20) Anne Tyler (U.S.) — [_A Spool of Blue Thread_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1101874279/?tag=timecom-20) Hanya Yanagihara (U.S.) — [_A Little Life_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385539258/?tag=timecom-20) The shortlist will be announced on Sept. 15, and the winner on Oct. 13\. Shortlisters will be awarded with £2,500 ($3,918) and the winner will receive an additional £50,000 ($78,358). 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