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Samantha Harvey

Samantha Harvey is an English writer, born in 1975 in Kent. Best-known works include The Wilderness, The Western Wind and Orbital. Honours include Staunch Book Prize, Booker Prize and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

The Bookish Elf has reviewed 1 book by Samantha Harvey, mostly science fiction, published by Atlantic Monthly Press, first published in 2023.

Born 1975, KentFrom United Kingdom

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Books reviewed1

Our average4.0★from 1 rated

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Orbital2023 · ★ 4.0

GenresScience Fiction 1PublishersAtlantic Monthly Press

Awards & honours

3 recorded

Booker Prize2024

Literary prizes

Booker Prize 2024Staunch Book Prize 2019

Honours & fellowships

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 2025

Books

1 book

Orbital2023 · ★ 4.0

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