# Sam Byers

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

Byers' [debut novel](/source/Debut_novel) *Idiopathy*, a satire based on the spread of a BSE-like disease,[3] received a [Betty Trask Award](/source/Betty_Trask_Award) and the [Waterstones 11](/source/Waterstones_11) prize. *Idiopathy* was also shortlisted for the [2013 Costa Book Awards](/source/2013_Costa_Book_Awards) First Novel award, and longlisted for the 2014 [Desmond Elliott Prize](/source/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]

In 2021 he published his third novel, *Come Join Our Disease*.[5]

## Awards

- 2014 [Betty Trask Award](/source/Betty_Trask_Award), *Idiopathy*
- 2013 [Waterstones 11](/source/Waterstones_11), *Idiopathy*

## Bibliography

- *Idiopathy* (2013)
- *Perfidious Albion* (2018)
- *Come Join Our Disease* (2021)

## References

1. ["Waterstones 11: Interview with Sam Byers"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9800467/Waterstones-11-Interview-with-Sam-Byers.html). *[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)*. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

1. ["Creative Writing alumni A-C and published works"](https://www.uea.ac.uk/literature/creative-writing/alumni/alumni-a-c). *[University of East Anglia](/source/University_of_East_Anglia)*

1. Kappala-Ramsamy, Gemma (21 April 2013). ["Debut author: Sam Byers"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/apr/21/sam-byers-interview-idiopathy). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

1. Cummins, Anthony (29 July 2018). ["Perfidious Albion by Sam Byers – review"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/29/perfidious-albion-sam-byers-review). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

1. Myerson, Jonathan (2021-04-05). ["Come Join Our Disease by Sam Byers review – gloriously nauseating"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/apr/05/come-join-our-disease-by-sam-byers-review). *The Guardian*. [ISSN 0261-3077](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0261-3077). Retrieved 2024-04-22.

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