Americans dominate diverse list of Booker Prize contenders

Five of the books competing for the 50,000 pound ($66,000) prize are by American or U.S.-based authors, including "The Shadow King," the story of an orphan in Ethiopia by Maaza Mengiste; Diane Cook's dystopian tale "The New Wilderness," Avni Doshi's India-set mother-daughter saga 'Burnt Sugar' and Brandon Taylor's "Real Life," which explores racism and homophobia in academic life.