First Aust writer in a decade makes Booker shortlist

Charlotte Wood says her latest book is the most personal she has written. (Henry Simmons and Geneva Gilmour/AAP PHOTOS)

Charlotte Wood has become the first Australian writer in a decade to be shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize.

The author of Stone Yard Devotional is the first Australian to be shortlisted since Richard Flanagan won the Booker in 2014 for his novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.