Which author wrote the 2013 Man Booker Prize-winning novel "The Luminaries"?

Eleanor Catton (born 24 September 1985) is a Canadian-born New Zealand novelist and screenwriter.

Catton's second novel "The Luminaries" was begun at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, when she was 25, and published in 2013. The novel is set on the goldfields of New Zealand in 1866. It was shortlisted for and subsequently won the 2013 Man Booker Prize, making Catton at the age of 28 the youngest author ever to win the Booker, beating more established names like Jhumpa Lahiri and Colm Tóibín. Catton was previously, at the age of 27, the youngest author ever to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

At 832 pages, "The Luminaries" is the longest work to win the prize in its 45-year history. The chair of the judges, Robert Macfarlane commented, "It's a dazzling work. It's a luminous work. It is vast without being sprawling." Jonathan Ruppin of Foyles said: "I'm confident that she is destined to be one of the most important and influential writers of her generation." Catton was presented with the prize by the Duchess of Cornwall on 15 October 2013 at Guildhall.