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Will the next winner of the Booker Prize be female?

The Booker Prize is an annual award for the best original novel written in the English Language and published in the United Kingdom. A longlist of 13 potential winners is published in July, while a shortlist of 6 is published in September.

This question asks: Will the winner of the 2020 Booker Prize be female?

This question is timed to close one week after the announcement of the shortlist. For the purposes of resolution, the gender of the author will be considered to be their gender identity at the time they are announced as the winner of the prize. Please note that this question refers to The Booker Prize and not The International Booker Prize

This question is part of the Academy Series, a set of questions designed to be an introduction to forecasting for those who are relatively new and are looking for a new intellectual pursuit this summer.

Categories: Entertainment – Books, Academy Series

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