2015 Man Booker Prize

The 2015 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 13 October 2015. A longlist of thirteen titles was announced on 29 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 15 September.

Judging panel

 * Michael Wood (Chair)
 * Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
 * John Burnside
 * Sam Leith
 * Frances Osborne

Winner
On 13 October, chair judge Michael Wood announced that Jamaican author Marlon James had won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. This is the first time that a Jamaican-born author has won the prize.