The winner of this year's Man Booker Prize could be among Anne Tyler, Chigozie Obioma, Hanya Yanagihara, Marlon James, Sunjeev Sahota and Tom McCarthy -- the talented set of authors who make up the prestigious accolade's shortlist announced yesterday during a press conference in London.

Before this bunch was determined, Princeton English professor and chair of judges Michael Wood said via The Bookseller that there were "terrific arguments, violent but friendly" one emphasized as they chose who will make the cut. In the end, the judges were "slightly relieved" that the list had diversity.

"We re-read all 13 books on the longlist and in the process we rediscovered new pleasures in each," Wood said. "The writers on the shortlist present an extraordinary range of approaches to fiction. They come from very different cultures and are themselves at very different stages of their careers," he added.

Tyler was shortlisted for her novel "A Spool of Blue Thread," which tells the story of the different generations of the Whitshank family. As per The Guardian, the judges appreciate her "supreme powers of observation and stylistic brilliance," which ultimately catapulted her to the shortlist.

Obioma, on the other hand, is the youngest author in the group. The Nigeria-born novelist is in the shortlist for her book "The Fishermen," a story of four young brothers in a small Nigerian town who come across a madman. Judges loved Yanagihara's story of friendship shared by four graduates in "A Little Life," which also happens to be the longest book in the bunch at 734 pages.

The work of shortlisted Jamaica native James, which is titled "A Brief History of Seven Killings" takes readers through thirty years and several continents as he puts into word a narrative of the attempt of seven marksmen to assassinate Bob Marley.

On the other hand, judges call "The Year of the Runaways," Sahota's tale of the 13 Indian men in Sheffield in search of a new life, "amazing" for having successfully recur the "many reasons to run away."

Finally, McCarthy, who already knows the feeling of being shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize (he was nominated back in 2010), is back for another attempt to take home the award and the £50,000 prize with "Satin Island," a story that centers on a "corporate anthropologist" known only as U. The judges as per The Guardian, likes the book as it "offers an elegant, desperate and funny account of what might be the world of tomorrow."

The winner of the Man Booker Prize 2015 will be announced on Oct 13 at the Guildhall in London.