Sarah Jessica Parker has been named a judge for the 2025 Booker Prize, joining a panel chaired by Roddy Doyle. The Sex and the City star, who has worked as an editorial director and launched her own imprint, said the invitation 'felt very daunting'.
Parker, who serves as editorial director at SJP for Hogarth and founded SJP Lit, follows actors like Adjoa Andoh and Robert Webb in judging the prize. She told the New York Times that the timing works because she is not currently filming, adding, 'I will carve out every moment I can.'
The panel also includes previously longlisted authors Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ and Kiley Reid, as well as author and critic Chris Power. Doyle, who won the prize in 1993, said he looks forward to 'having licence to do little else but read the year’s best novels'.
Gaby Wood, chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, praised Parker's passion for contemporary fiction. The longlist will be announced in July, the shortlist in September, and the winner in November, receiving £50,000.
