India's Kiran Desai a favourite as US authors shine on Booker Prize shortlist

The Booker Prize 2025 judges, from left, writer Chris Power, author Kiley Reid, 1993 Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle, actor Sarah Jessica Parker, and Booker Prize-longlisted novelist Ayobami Adebayo, pose for a photo during the the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist announcement event in London on Sept 23. Photo: AP

Booker Prize-winning Indian author Kiran Desai is a favourite to win the coveted fiction trophy for a second time with her first novel in two decades.

The Loneliness Of Sonia And Sunny is on a US-dominated six-book shortlist announced on Tuesday by a judging panel that includes Irish writer Roddy Doyle and actor Sarah Jessica Parker.