Broadcaster Simon Mayo has been nominated for a prestigious literary award for his first novel, Itch.
Beryl Bainbridge's novel Master Georgie, which won the WHSmith literary award earlier this year, was dropped from the final shortlist.
Booker and Costa-prize winner Hilary Mantel is in the running for another literary award for her best-selling Bring Up The Bodies.
And Booker and Costa-prize winner Hilary Mantel won the literary award for her best-selling novel, Bring Up The Bodies, beating former Booker rival Will Self and debut novelist, Kerry Hudson.
Mr. Gaffney's leadership has been recognized by numerous organizations including: the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award (1987), the U.S. Business and Industry Council's Defender of the National Interest Award (1994), the Navy League of the United States' "Alfred Thayer Mahan Literary Achievement Award" (1999), and the Zionist Organization of America's "Louis Brandeis Award" (2003).
Ian McEwan and Peter Carey head the shortlist for the Booker prize, the literary world's most prestigious award.
But critics accused the Booker judges of dumbing down, and one group of literary leading lights announced a rival award.
He has won numerous literary prizes, including the Prix Goncourt in 1987, an award he now judges.
Formerly known as the Literature Prize, the award was first announced in 2011 amidst a row in literary circles about the decision by Man Booker judges that year to focus on "readability".
The award aims to raise the profile of critics and to "promote integrity and wit in literary journalism".
The award for best debut novel, now in its sixth year, is named after the distinguished publisher and literary agent who died in 2003.
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