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Question

The author of the Booker Prize Winner 2019 book's "Girl, Women, Other" is:

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Option D: Bernadine Evaristo

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Bernadine Evaristo”.
The author of the Booker Prize Winner 2019 book "Girl, Woman, Other" is Bernadine Evaristo.

"Girl, Woman, Other" is a novel that tells the interconnected stories of 12 characters, most of whom are black British women.

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