Editing Booker Prize (section)

===2000–2019===
Before 2001, each year's longlist of nominees was not publicly revealed.<ref>{{cite news |first=Emma |last=Yates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/aug/15/bookerprize2001.thebookerprize |title=Booker Prize longlist announced for first time |newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 August 2001 |access-date=15 August 2001}}</ref> From 2001, the longlisted novels started to be published each year, and in 2007 the number of nominees was capped at 12 or 13 each year.<ref name="thebookerprizes"/>

[[John Sutherland (author)|John Sutherland]], who was a judge for the 1999 prize, was reported as saying in 2001:

{{Blockquote|There is a well-established London literary community. [[Salman Rushdie|Rushdie]] doesn't get shortlisted now because he has attacked that community. That is not a good game plan if you want to win the Booker. [[Norman Mailer]] has found the same thing in the US – you have to "be a citizen" if you want to win prizes. The real scandal is that [Martin] [[Martin Amis|Amis]] has never won the prize. In fact, he has only been shortlisted once and that was for ''[[Time's Arrow (novel)|Time's Arrow]]'', which was not one of his strongest books. That really is suspicious. He pissed people off with ''[[Dead Babies (novel)|Dead Babies]]'' and that gets lodged in the culture. There is also the feeling that he has always looked towards America.<ref name="Moss">{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Moss |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/sep/18/bookerprize2001.thebookerprize |title=Is the Booker fixed? |newspaper=The Guardian |date=18 September 2001 |access-date=18 September 2001}}</ref>}}

In 2001, [[Peter Carey (novelist)|Peter Carey]] become the first author to win the Booker Prize for a second time.<ref>{{cite news |last=McCrum |first=Robert|author-link=Robert McCrum |date=16 August 2015 |title=The 100 best novels: No 100 – True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey (2000) |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/16/100-best-novels-true-history-kelly-gang-peter-carey |access-date=8 February 2024 |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> Carey was the first of four writers to have won the Booker Prize twice, the others being [[J. M. Coetzee]], [[Hilary Mantel]], and [[Margaret Atwood]].

The Booker Prize created a permanent home{{when|date=February 2025}} for the archives from 1968 to present at [[Oxford Brookes University]] Library. The Archive, which encompasses the administrative history of the Prize from 1968 to date, collects together a diverse range of material, including correspondence, publicity material, copies of both the Longlists and the Shortlists, minutes of meetings, photographs and material relating to the awards dinner (letters of invitation, guest lists, seating plans). Embargoes of ten or twenty years apply to certain categories of material; examples include all material relating to the judging process and the Longlist prior to 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/collections/special-collections/publishing-and-literary-prizes/booker-prize-archive |title=Booker Prize Archive |publisher=Oxford Brookes University |access-date=25 October 2017}}</ref>

Between 2005 and 2008, the Booker Prize alternated between writers from Ireland and India. "Outsider" [[John Banville]] began this trend in 2005 when his novel ''[[The Sea (novel)|The Sea]]'' was selected as a surprise winner:<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Ezard|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/11/books.bookerprize2005?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487|title=Irish stylist springs Booker surprise|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 October 2005|access-date=11 October 2005}}</ref> [[Boyd Tonkin]], literary editor of ''[[The Independent]]'', famously condemned it as "possibly the most perverse decision in the history of the award" and rival novelist [[Tibor Fischer]] poured scorn on Banville's victory.<ref>{{cite news|first=Sarah|last=Crown|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culturevultureblog/2005/oct/10/banvillescoops1?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Banville scoops the Booker|newspaper=The Guardian|date=10 October 2005|access-date=10 October 2005}}</ref> [[Kiran Desai]] of India won in 2006. [[Anne Enright]]'s 2007 victory came about due to a jury split over [[Ian McEwan]]'s novel ''[[On Chesil Beach]]''. The following year it was India's turn again, with [[Aravind Adiga]] narrowly defeating Enright's fellow Irishman [[Sebastian Barry]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Charlotte|last=Higgins|author-link=Charlotte Higgins|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/charlottehigginsblog/2009/jan/28/costabookaward-poetry|title=How Adam Foulds was a breath away from the Costa book of the year award|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 January 2009|access-date=28 January 2009}}</ref>

[[File:The Man Booker Prize 2015 logo.png|thumb|upright=0.75|2015 logo of the then Man Booker Prize]]

Historically, the winner of the Booker Prize was required to be a citizen of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], the [[Republic of Ireland]], or [[Zimbabwe]]. It was announced on 18 September 2013 that future Booker Prize awards would consider authors from anywhere in the world, so long as their work was in [[English language|English]] and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.<ref name=Gompertz>[[Will Gompertz|Gompertz, Will]] (18 September 2013), [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24145501 "Global expansion for Booker Prize"], BBC News.</ref> This change proved controversial in literary circles. Former winner [[A. S. Byatt]] and former judge [[John Mullan (academic)|John Mullan]] said the prize risked diluting its identity, whereas former judge A. L. Kennedy welcomed the change.<ref name="Booker 2014">{{cite web |title=Meet The Man Booker Prize 2014 Judges |url=http://themanbookerprize.com/news/2013/12/12/meet-man-booker-prize-2014-judges |publisher=The Booker Prizes|date=12 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="BBC 2013-09-18" /><ref name="Cain">{{cite news|first=Sian|last=Cain|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/feb/02/publishers-call-on-man-booker-prize-to-drop-american-authors|title=Publishers call on Man Booker prize to drop American authors|work=The Guardian|date=2 February 2018|access-date=15 February 2018}}</ref> Following this expansion, the first winner not from the Commonwealth, Ireland, or Zimbabwe was American [[Paul Beatty]] in 2016. Another American, [[George Saunders]], won the following year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/17/man-booker-prize-2017-second-american-author-george-saunders-lincoln-in-the-bardo |title=Man Booker prize goes to second American author in a row|first=Sian|last=Cain|work=The Guardian|date=17 October 2017|access-date=25 October 2017}}</ref> In 2018, publishers sought to reverse the change, arguing that the inclusion of American writers would lead to homogenisation, reducing diversity and opportunities everywhere, including in America, to learn about "great books that haven't already been widely heralded".<ref name="Cain"/>

[[Man Group]] announced in early 2019 that the year's prize would be the last of eighteen under their sponsorship.<ref>{{cite news|first=Caroline|last=Davies|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jan/27/booker-prize-trustees-search-for-new-sponsor-after-funding-dropped|title=Booker prize trustees search for new sponsor after Man Group exit|work=The Guardian|date=27 January 2019|access-date=27 January 2019}}</ref> A new sponsor, [[Michael Moritz#Philanthropy|Crankstart]]&nbsp;– a [[charitable foundation]] run by [[Michael Moritz|Sir Michael Moritz]] and his wife, Harriet Heyman&nbsp;– then announced it would sponsor the award for five years, with the option to renew for another five years. The award title was changed to simply "The Booker Prize".<ref>{{cite news|first=Alison|last=Flood|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/28/booker-prize-silicon-valley-billionaire-takes-over-as-new-sponsor|title=Booker Prize: Silicon Valley Billionaire Takes Over as New Sponsor|work=The Guardian|date=28 February 2019|access-date=28 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Bill|last=Gompertz|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47393880|title=Booker Prize finds new funder in billionaire Sir Michael Moritz|work=BBC News|date=28 February 2019|access-date=28 February 2019}}</ref>

In 2019, despite having been unequivocally warned against doing so, the foundation's jury – under the chair [[Peter Florence]] – split the prize, awarding it to two authors, in breach of a rule established in 1993. Florence justified the decision, saying: "We came down to a discussion with the director of the Booker Prize about the rules. And we were told quite firmly that the rules state that you can only have one winner&nbsp;... and as we have managed the jury all the way through on the principle of consensus, our consensus was that it was our decision to flout the rules and divide this year's prize to celebrate two winners."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebookseller.com/news/booker-prize-split-between-atwood-and-evaristo-judges-rebel-against-rules-1098761|first=Mark |last=Chandler|author2= Benedicte Page|title=Booker double welcomed by booksellers |work= The Bookseller|date=14 October 2019|access-date=2020-02-15}}</ref> The two were British writer [[Bernardine Evaristo]] for her novel ''[[Girl, Woman, Other]]'' and Canadian writer [[Margaret Atwood]] for ''[[The Testaments]]''. Evaristo's win marked the first time the Booker had been awarded to a black woman, while Atwood's win, at 79, made her the oldest winner.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-16|title=Bernardine Evaristo becomes first black woman to win a Booker; all you need to know about her|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/margaret-atwood-bernardine-evaristo-booker-2019-6069458/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-10-15|title=Atwood and Evaristo share Booker Prize|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50014906|access-date=2020-06-03}}</ref> Atwood had also previously won the prize in 2000.