British author M. John Harrison wins the 2026 Booker Prize

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British author M. John Harrison, 81, won the 2026 Booker Prize for the science fiction novel The End of Everything. Harrison became the oldest winner in the prize's history. The book is set in the future, after a catastrophe that no one is able to explain. The award was announced last night (Monday).

The novel depicts a post-apocalyptic world in which the social order has collapsed and reality has become incomprehensible. Human beings try to continue their daily lives despite everything. Harrison wrote 13 novels over six decades of writing.

Harrison is considered one of the most original and influential voices in contemporary speculative fiction. The Booker Prize, formerly the Man Booker, is one of the most prestigious awards for literature in the English language.