When the American actress Sarah Jessica Parker, best known for her role as Carrie in "Sex and the City", saw that the jury for the Booker Prize read 170 novels in seven months to choose a winner, she wrote on social media "Let me try!". Now she gets the chance to do it, writes New York Times.
Parker will be part of the jury for the 2025 Booker Prize, along with Ayòbámi Adébáyò, Kiley Reid and Chris Power. The Irish author Roddy Doyle will lead the jury work.
Sarah Jessica Parker said that the task was one of life's most exciting, but was afraid that she was not worthy of it. Gaby Wood, CEO of the Booker Prize Foundation, emphasized, however, that Parker's reading choices on social media were often "a step ahead" or "before Booker".
