Sam Byers

Sam Byers (born 1979) is a British novelist.[1] He was born in Bury St Edmunds and now lives in Norwich, where he studied at the University of East Anglia (MA Creative Writing, 2004; PhD, 2014).[2]

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

Byers' debut novel Idiopathy, a satire based on the spread of a BSE-like disease,[3] received a Betty Trask Award and the Waterstones 11 prize. Idiopathy was also shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Book Awards First Novel award, and longlisted for the 2014 Desmond Elliott Prize.

In 2018 Byers published his second novel, Perfidious Albion, "a new media satire that switches into a hi-tech dystopia centred on class politics."[4]

Awards

Bibliography
  • Idiopathy (2013)
  • Perfidious Albion (2018)

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.
  3. "Debut author: Sam Byers". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. "Perfidious Albion by Sam Byers – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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