Before Tuesday night, the author Samantha Harvey had got used to thinking of herself as a bit of an underdog. “It’s not out of self-pity, but I definitely saw myself as being on the periphery,” she ...

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 that ponders the beauty and fragility ...

The novel "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize. That's the U.K.'s most prestigious literary award. The book is about a single day in the life of six astronauts on board a space ...

TEN YEARS AGO, when eligibility for the Booker prize expanded from Commonwealth authors to Anglophone authors of any nationality with a book published in Britain, teeth were gnashed and hands wrung.

When you make a purchase using links on our site, The Week may earn a commission. All reviews are written independently by our editorial team. Samantha Harvey's most recent novel, "Orbital," was last ...

Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her science fiction novel Orbital. The novel follows six astronauts as they orbit the Earth for one day of their nine-month space mission. Harvey's ...

“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 ...

British author Samantha Harvey won the Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday with her book . The 136-page novel tells the story of life on the International Space Station for six astronauts over a ...