Acclaimed London author, playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Emma Donoghue is among five writers short-listed for the country’s most prestigious literary honour.

The 2025 Giller Prize has named five Canadian authors to the short list for the $100,000 award recognizing the nation’s best novel of the year.

This year’s short list includes Donoghue for The Paris Express; Mona Awad for We Love You Bunny; Eddy Boudel Tan for The Tiger and the Cosmonaut; Emma Knight for The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus; and Souvankham Thammavongsa for Pick a Colour.

The five titles represent “the boldness, inventiveness and transformational power of Canadian literature,” the Giller said Monday as the prize marks its 32nd year.

The jury described Donoghue’s The Paris Express as “intricately crafted

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