Atwood

A panel of judges rebelled against the rules of a prestigious literary award by naming both Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo the winners of the 2019 Booker Prize in London.

Atwood won for "The Testaments," the follow-up to her dystopian 1985 masterpiece "The Handmaid's Tale."

At 79, Atwood is the oldest to win a Booker.

As the two came to the stage to accept the prize, Atwood said to Evaristo, "Neither of us expected to win this. I'm very surprised. I would have thought that I was too elderly. And I kind of don't need the attention, so I'm very glad that you're getting some."