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Samantha Harvey was born in England in 1975. She has lived in Ireland, New Zealand and Japan writing, travelling and teaching, and in recent years has co-founded an environmental charity alongside her novel writing. She has a masters degree in Philosophy and completed with distinction the Bath Spa Creative Writing MA course in 2005. THE WILDERNESS is her first novel and has already garnered considerable acclaim, winning the Betty Trask Prize and appearing on the longlist for the Man Booker Prize. It was also shortlisted for the Orange Prize and the Guardian First Book Award. Samantha's new novel All is Song was published by Cape on the 5th January, 2012.

Praise for ALL IS SONG (2012):

“Harvey's dense, unhurried prose is rich in characterisation and intellectual reasoning... This beautifully written composition does that rare thing, of provoking free thought while scrutinising the far-reaching repercussions of such a rebellious activity.” The Independent

"Harvey's prose is graceful and unhurried, full of sharp observation and moments of subtly understated pathos." The Guardian

"Harvey resists the easy and the obvious. The result is a novel of both depth and defiance." The Observer

Praise for THE WILDERNESS (2010):

'Harvey uses her precise and unostentatious style to full effect.' Times Literary Supplement

' ... a piece of literature seamlessly woven from extremely controlled prose, and peppered with vivid images that are recalled with haiku-like clarity.' The Observer

 'This looping personal history has a mesmerising intensity.' The Telegraph

WATCH: Samantha Harvey interviewed about The Wilderness on BBC's The Culture Show. New Novelists: 12 of the Best. The programme was a Culture Show special in which a panel chaired by professor of English John Mullan identify the most important new voices in British literary fiction right now.