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English writer (born 1975)

For other people named Samantha Harvey, see Samantha Harvey (disambiguation).

Samantha Harvey (born 1975) is an English novelist. She won the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital,^[1][2] which drew on conventions from multiple genres and fields, including literary fiction, science fiction, and philosophy.

Early life and education

Harvey spent the first decade of her life in Ditton, Kent, near Maidstone, until her parents' divorce.^[3] After that, her mother moved to Ireland, and Harvey spent her teen years moving around with stints in York, Sheffield, and Japan.^[4] Harvey studied philosophy at the University of York and the University of Sheffield.^[5] She completed the Bath Spa University Creative Writing MA course in 2005,^[6] and has also completed a PhD in creative writing.^[7]

Career

Her first novel, The Wilderness (2009), is written from the poin