British authorSamantha Harveyhas won the 2024Booker Prizeaward with her latest novelOrbital.
The novel was announced as the winner at a ceremony at Old Billingsgate Market in London on Tuesday.
Harveys book is the first story set in space to win the prestigious prize.
Samantha HarveyWiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu via Getty Images.
The book follows the tale of six fictional astronauts on the International Space Station.
Harvey is the first woman to win the award since 2019.
Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo shared the award that year.
The Booker winner takes home a 50,000 cash prize.
Speaking with the BBC after the win, Harvey said she was in complete shock and very overwhelmed.
Artist and chairman of the Booker jury Edmund de Waal described HarveysOrbitalas a book about a wounded world.
With her language of lyricism and acuity, Harvey makes our world strange and new for us.
