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Late starters surge ahead on Desmond Elliot debut fiction prize shortlist

Written By Unknown on Friday, May 5, 2017 | 2:09 AM

Two of the three authors still in contention for the prestigious first novel award – Francis Spufford and Kit de Waal – are in their 50s

The 2017 Desmond Elliott prize for debut fiction has taken on an air of experience, with two of the three shortlisted authors in their 50s.

Fifty-six-year-old Kit de Waal joins 53-year-old Francis Spufford on a shortlist for the £10,000 award completed by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan – a relative spring chicken at 27.

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