Eleanor Catton's 'The Luminaries' - an 832-page murder mystery based on the gold rush in the 19th-century is also the longest novel to ever win the coveted literary prize. The Luminaries is Catton's second novel after The Rehearsal, which was shortlisted for the 2009 Guardian first book award. Catton is just the second New Zealander to win the prize, the first being Keri Hulme for 'The Bone People' in 1985. Catton was presented with the coveted award worth 50,000 pounds by Camilla Parker-Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall, at a glittering ceremony in London's Guildhall.
This year marks the 45th year of the Man Booker Prize, which was won last year by Hilary Mantel for 'Bring Up the Bodies', making her the first woman and first Briton to win the coveted award twice. It was first awarded to P H Newby for 'Something to Answer For' in 1969.
- Eleanor Catton was born on 24 September 1985 in Canada and raised in New Zealand
- She has an MA in fiction writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters
- She currently lives in Auckland.
- Her debut novel The Rehearsal (2008) was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize, and longlisted for the Orange Prize
- It has since been published in 17 territories and 12 languages
- The Luminaries was published on 5 September 2013
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