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Sam Byers
Born1979
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia
Notable awardsBetty Trask Award (2014)
Website
www.sambyers.co.uk

Sam Byers is a British novelist.[1]

He was educated at the University of East Anglia (MA Creative Writing, 2004; PhD, 2014).[2] He received the Betty Trask Award and Waterstones 11 prize for his debut novel Idiopathy. Idiopathy was also shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Book Awards First Novel award, and longlisted for the 2014 Desmond Elliott Prize.

Awards

Bibliography

  • Idiopathy (2013)

References

  1. ^ "Waterstones 11: Interview with Sam Byers". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Creative Writing alumni A-C and published works". University of East Anglia.