2012 Man Booker Prize bookmakers had Self at slightly better odds than Mantel, with the others somewhat behind. On 16 October, shortly after 21:40, jury chair Peter Stothard announced that the winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize was Hilary Mantel for her "Bring Up the Bodies". By winning, Mantel became the first woman to win the Booker Prize twice, as well as the first British author to do so (South African J. M. Coetzee and Australian Peter Carey have won the award twice each). Mantel joked that "[y]ou wait 20 years for a Booker Prize; two come along at once". She added: "I
2013 Man Booker Prize of 28, the youngest author ever to win the Booker. She was previously, at the age of 27, the youngest author ever to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. At 832 pages, "The Luminaries" is also the longest work to win the prize in its 45-year history. Catton is the second writer from New Zealand to win the prize, the first being Keri Hulme in 1985 with "The Bone People". The judges' final decision was made after around two hours of discussion. Of "The Luminaries", Macfarlane commented "It's a dazzling work. It's a luminous work. It is vast without