British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction
LONDON (AP) — British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station.
Author who spent lockdown watching space livestreams to research astronaut novel wins Booker Prize
A British author inspired to write a novel about space by watching livestreams from the International Space Station during lockdown has won the Booker Prize. Samantha Harvey received the £50,000 literary award for Orbital,
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British writer Samantha Harvey won the prestigious Booker Prize on Tuesday for her science fiction novel following six astronauts as they orbit Earth over 24 hours.Set aboard the International Space Station,
English author Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize 2024 for her novel set in space, Orbital
It takes 90 minutes for the International Space Station to orbit the Earth. That journey happens 16 times in Orbital, which just won one of the world's top literary awards.
British writer Samantha Harvey’s novel ‘Orbital’ wins the Booker Prize for fiction
British writer Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station.
British author Samantha Harvey wins Booker with space story
British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize award with her novel Orbital, the first book set in space to win the prize. Orbital contemplates the world from a different viewpoint as it follows a team of astronauts in the International Space Station.
‘Orbital,’ by Samantha Harvey, wins the Booker Prize
Orbital,” the fifth novel by Samantha Harvey, won the 2024 Booker Prize for Fiction on Tuesday. The novel follows astronauts over the course of 24 hours on a space station. The prize comes with a cash award of 50,
'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey is the first Booker Prize winner set in space
Samantha Harvey talks about her new Booker Prize-winning novel Orbital. It follows a day in the life of astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Orbital wins the Booker prize: “I see it as a kind of space pastoral"
Samantha Harvey has won the UK's top fiction prize for a novel that takes place over 24 hours on the International Space Station
Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for fiction with 'Orbital'
Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with "Orbital," a novel set aboard the International Space Station. Harvey dedicates her £50,000 prize 'to everybody who speaks for and not against the earth.
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