Australian · b. 1965
Charlotte Wood won the 2024 Booker Prize for "Stone Yard Devotional," a novel about a woman who retreats to a religious community in drought-stricken Australia. The Australian author has published six novels and several nonfiction works examining gender, power, and creativity. Wood's Booker winner examines faith, grief, and ecological crisis through the lens of monastic life, finding in withdrawal a form of attention to the world.