ABOUT
samantha was born four days before the death of john lennon. she grew up in dallas, playing bass guitar along to vinyl records in her bedroom after school, writing fan letters to rock stars, doodling song lyrics into notebooks, and reading big, big books.
in college at southern methodist university, she majored in english literature, minored in spanish, and studied latin and classics. after that, she went on to receive a master’s degree in english from boston college.
these days, she teaches college-level composition in dallas and spends as much time as possible in the west texas desert.
A FIERCE AND SUBTLE POISON (Algonquin Young Readers, spring 2016) was her first novel. ALL THE WIND IN THE WORLD, a Western, was published in the fall of 2017 and was nominated for the National Book Award for Young Peoples' Literature. TIGERS, NOT DAUGHTERS released in the spring of 2020. it received six starred trade reviews and was the winner of both the Reading the West award and Writers' League of Texas award. CLEVER CREATURES OF THE NIGHT released in March of 2024.
listen to an interview with samantha on kera's art and seek, which originally aired in the fall of 2017.
in college at southern methodist university, she majored in english literature, minored in spanish, and studied latin and classics. after that, she went on to receive a master’s degree in english from boston college.
these days, she teaches college-level composition in dallas and spends as much time as possible in the west texas desert.
A FIERCE AND SUBTLE POISON (Algonquin Young Readers, spring 2016) was her first novel. ALL THE WIND IN THE WORLD, a Western, was published in the fall of 2017 and was nominated for the National Book Award for Young Peoples' Literature. TIGERS, NOT DAUGHTERS released in the spring of 2020. it received six starred trade reviews and was the winner of both the Reading the West award and Writers' League of Texas award. CLEVER CREATURES OF THE NIGHT released in March of 2024.
listen to an interview with samantha on kera's art and seek, which originally aired in the fall of 2017.
SELECTED SHORT FICTION
neighborhood dog, published in the july 2018 edition of d magazine.
the time my grandfather met bob hope, published in the july 2019 edition of d magazine.
hover, published in issue zero of foreshadow.
we fail, a retelling of macbeth, was featured in that way madness lies: 15 of shakespeare's most notable works re-imagined, which was published in the spring of 2021
the time my grandfather met bob hope, published in the july 2019 edition of d magazine.
hover, published in issue zero of foreshadow.
we fail, a retelling of macbeth, was featured in that way madness lies: 15 of shakespeare's most notable works re-imagined, which was published in the spring of 2021