The 2024 Booker Prize shortlist has been announced and features the biggest number of women authors in its 55-year history. Five women and one man have been named for the shortlist for the prestigious literary prize, which is open to works of fiction written in English by authors anywhere in the world and published in the UK or Ireland. This year’s list also includes the first Australian author in a decade, as well as the first Dutch writer to be shortlisted. British, Canadian and American authors comprise the rest of the six-strong list. They are: “James” by Percival Everett (US) \- a retelli…