British author says space inspired Booker Prize-winning novel
A lifelong fascination with outer space inspired British author Samantha Harvey to write her novel "Orbital", which this week won the prestigious Booker Prize.The 49-year-old author admitted that she had no specialist knowledge but was instead inspired by the live video feed from the International Space Station.
Finally a Booker prizewinner that we can all get behind," said Johanna Thomas-Corr in The Times. Samantha Harvey has won ...
Most bets were on Percival Everett’s “James,” but the judges chose Harvey’s “beautiful, miraculous” novel, which is set ...
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