Mayo's Sally Rooney up for British Book Award — along with Gillian Anderson and Boris Johnson

British Book Award winners will be announced at a ceremony in central London on Monday, May 12

X-Files star Gillian Anderson is nominated for her book Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous, a collection of women’s confessions about their sexual desires. Boris Johnson is nominated in the same categories for his memoir, Unleashed, which covers his time as London mayor, Brexit campaigner, foreign secretary and Britain's prime minister. Sally Rooney has been nominated for her latest novel, Intermezzo.

Normal People author Sally Rooney has been nominated for a British Book Award in the fiction category for her latest novel Intermezzo. The shortlist also features Jacqueline Wilson’s book Think Again and You Are Here by David Nicholls.

US actress Gillian Anderson and Britain's former prime minister Boris Johnson are also among the nominated authors at this year’s British Book Awards.