Irish-born writer William Trevor is among the six authors shortlisted for the 2002 Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel 'The Story of Lucy Gault'.
Joining Trevor on the list are: Yann Martel ('Life of Pi'), Rohinton Mistry ('Family Matters'), Carol Shields ('Unless'), Sarah Waters ('Fingersmith') and Tim Winton ('Dirt Music').
The six made the shortlist from the longlist of 20 books, which in turn was chosen from 130 entries.
There was no place on the list for favourite Howard Jacobson ('Who's Sorry Now?'), Zadie Smith ('The Autograph Man'), Will Self ('Dorian') or Irish author John Banville ('Shroud').
The winner of the £50,000 prize will be announced in London on Tuesday, 22 October.
