booker prize 2023

• Indian-origin Chetna Maru's first novel, Western Lane, has been selected for the Booker Prize 2023.

• Indian-origin writer Maru was born in Kenya and currently lives in London, UK.

• Her novel highlights the British Gujarati community and focuses on an 11-year-old girl named Gopi who explores her relationship with her family.

• The novel was published earlier this year on February 7.

• The book has earned praise from Booker judges for its innovative use of squash as a metaphor to explore complex human emotions.

• In 2022, the award was given to the novel "The Seven Moons of Mali Almeida" by Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka.

• The winner will be revealed at an awards ceremony in London on 26 November.

• The Booker Prize is a literary award given annually for the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland.

• This award was started in 1969 with the aim of promoting the best fiction literature.