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Book SynopsisSamantha Harvey is the author of the novels
Orbital,
The Wilderness,
All is Song,
Dear Thief and
The Western Wind and a work of non-fiction,
The Shapeless Unease:
A Year of Not Sleeping.
Orbital was the winner of the Booker Prize 2024, and her other work has been shortlisted for the James Tait Black Award, the Women's Prize, the Guardian
First Book Award and the Walter Scott Prize.
The Wilderness was awarded the Betty Trask Prize. She is a tutor on the MA course in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
Trade ReviewIntense, rewarding and bracingly serious -- Adrian Turpin * Financial Times *
Profoundly beautiful, cathartic writing. -- Catherine Taylor * Daily Telegraph *
A fine study of the nature and strength of family ties and the morality, or otherwise, of conforming where it matters -- Kate Saunders * The Times *
This beautifully written composition does that rare thing, of provoking free thought, while scrutinising the far-reaching repercussions of such rebellious activity -- Freya McClelland * Independent *
Harvey's slow, intense thoughtfulness feels positively Woolfean at times. She thinks deeply, and writes beautifully about these thoughts. -- Lucy Atkins * Sunday Times *
