LONDON — A lifelong fascination with outer space inspired British author Samantha Harvey to write her novel "Orbital," which won the prestigious Booker Prize this week.

"It seems a slightly eccentric choice because I didn't know anything about space, but I've always been interested in it," Harvey told Agence France-Presse (AFP) in an interview on Thursday.

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