“Worth a lucrative 100,000 euros ($126,000), the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the richest and most international prize of its kind. Libraries from all over the world nominate books and, unlike many other awards, it is open to translations and thus to books written in any language.” Judging for large literary prizes is generally conducted with the utmost secrecy, but one of this year’s IMPAC judges has decided to document her experiences.