LONDON (AP) — British novelist Andrew Miller and Indian author Kiran Desai are oddsmakers’ favorites to win the Booker Prize for fiction at a ceremony in London on Monday.

They are among six finalists for the coveted literary award, which bring a 50,000-pound ($66,000) payday and a big boost to the winner’s sales and profile.

This year’s winner, chosen from among 153 submitted novels, is being picked by a judging panel that includes Irish writer Roddy Doyle and “Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker.

U.K. bookmaker William Hill on Friday put 15-8 odds on Miller taking the trophy for “The Land in Winter,” a tale of love and secrets centered on two couples in rural England during the frigid winter of 1962-63. Miller, 64, was previously a Booker finalist in 2001 for “Oxygen.”

Desai,

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