Sam is the author of the novel, The Light Remains and the children's picture book, Are You An Alien?, illustrated by her mother, Rosemary. She teaches creative writing at Westport Writers Workshop and works as a Developmental Editor.
Sam grew up in South Africa, and after a decade in London, moved to Connecticut, where she completed her MFA at Fairfield University. The Light Remains received an honorary mention by the Fairfield Book Prize. Sam’s short fiction has won the Anthony Grooms Prize and appeared in The Connecticut Literary Anthology. Her work has been a Narrative Story of the Week, a contest finalist in American Short Fiction‘s Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize, and shortlisted for the Bridport Prize.
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