Irish author Emma Donoghue is among the six writers shortlisted for the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
Donoghue is shortlisted for her book 'Room'.
She is joined on the shortlist by Peter Carey ('Parrot and Olivier in America'), Damon Galgut ('In a Strange Room'), Howard Jacobson ('The Finkler Question'), Andrea Levy ('The Long Song') and Tom McCarthy ('C').
Another Irish author, Paul Murray, had been on the longlist for his book 'Skippy Dies'.
The chair of the judges, Andrew Motion, said: "It's been a great privilege and an exciting challenge for us to reduce our longlist of thirteen to this shortlist of six outstandingly good novels.
"In doing so, we feel sure we've chosen books which demonstrate a rich variety of styles and themes - while in every case providing deep individual pleasures."
The winner will be announced in London on Tuesday, 12 October.
