Sam Kean

Sam Kean has 2 books on the award lists tracked here, recognised between 2011 and 2026. Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize for The Disappearing Spoon (2011) and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award for Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations (2026).