Monica Ali and Margaret Atwood are among the six authors shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2003.
The other authors are Damon Galgut, Zoë Heller, Clare Morrall, and DBC Pierre.
The shortlist was announced by the chair of judges, Professor John Carey, at a press conference in London earlier today.
The winner will receive £50,000 and each of the six shortlisted authors, including the winner, receives £2,500 and a designer bound edition of their own book.
The winner will be announced on Tuesday 14 October.
