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A former dancer and the literary editor of the Financial Times are to join chair Andrew Motion in judging the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2010.
Deborah Bull (pictured), creative director of the Royal Opera House, writer, broadcaster and former dancer, will be one of the judges, alongside Rosie Blau, literary editor of the Financial Times; Tom Sutcliffe, author and BBC Radio 4 presenter; and Frances Wilson, academic, lecturer and author.
Ion Trewin, literary director of the prize, said: "In choosing the judges we strive for imagination, enthusiasm, devotion to duty and integrity. I feel confident that the 2010 team not only ticks all these boxes but, from what promises to be another high quality year for fiction, will deliver a winning choice worthy of what we expect from the award of the Man Booker Prize."
The Man Booker Prize 2010 winner announcement will be broadcast by the BBC from London’s Guildhall at an awards ceremony on 12th October 2010.