Sex and the City star says being asked ‘felt very daunting’, as she signs up to pick the year’s best novel with Roddy Doyle, Kiley Reid and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
Sex and the City star says being asked ‘felt very daunting’, as she signs up to pick the year’s best novel with Roddy Doyle, Kiley Reid and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀Though on the face of it, the American actor might seem a surprising choice to judge the UK’s most prestigious prize for fiction, the Sex and the City star has established herself in the books industry in recent years.
Being asked to judge the prize “felt very daunting”, said Parker. “I think of judges as academics, learned, experienced in ways I’m just not. I didn’t pursue higher education. I don’t have any degrees.” She added that when she went into publishing, she “felt like an interloper” and was “constantly” having to prove herself.
Adébáyọ̀ and Reid, “both past longlistees and very different writers, are perfectly placed to identify a cohort following in their footsteps”, said Wood, adding that she has “long admired” Power’s “acuity and taste”.
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