Samantha Harvey is the author of four novels, the latest of which – The Western Wind – was published in March 2018. She’s been based in Bath for around 15 years and is a Reader in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University where she teaches on their MA and PhD courses. She’s been publishing novels since 2009 and has been nominated for various prizes, including The Man Booker and The Orange and Bailey’s Prize for Fiction. Her love is trying to write novels that might be called ‘philosophical’ (whatever that means), and her PhD was on the subject of how to do this well (she still isn’t sure). She teaches occasionally at Arvon, and has been a guest tutor on various other courses here and internationally.
Recent Publications
- The Western Wind - Jonathan Cape, March 2018
- Dear Thief - Jonathan Cape, September 2014
- All Is Song - Jonathan Cape, January 2012
- The Wilderness - Jonathan Cape, February 2009
Awards and residencies
- Betty Trask Prize, AMI Literature Award - 2009
- Shortlists - Guardian Book Award, Orange Prize, James Tait Black Memorial Prize - 2009 - 2014
- Longlists - Man Booker Prize, Bailey's Prize for Fiction, Jerwood Fuction Uncovered Prize, HWA Gold Crown - 2009 - present
- Macdowell Colony Artists' Residency - Fellowship, Autumn 2009
- Hawthornden Residency - Fellowship, Autumn 2015
