about me
Books & Writing
Samantha is currently querying her third novel, an adult rom-com mystery.
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One-Sentence Pitch:​
​Tasked with duping and dumping his identical twin’s girlfriend at a soirée, Sebastian witnesses a fatal stabbing and wakes up every morning to relive the same awkward twenty-four hours over again…at least until he can figure out who to point his finger at while yelling, Aha!, but even Sherlocking the heck out of this day might not be enough to break the time loop.
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Features:
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The lighthearted, chaotic vibe of Clue​​​​
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Fun cast of characters​
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Locked-room murder
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Lots of laughs
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Groundhog Day x 50 First Dates
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Time loop​
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"Every day is our only day" trope
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The crescendoing heartfelt desperation of Benson Boone's "Beautiful Things."
Overview
Samantha lives on a farm in the midwest with her husband, two children, psycho golden retriever, and shifty chickens. She likes her coffee to be so strong that it shows up on a drug test. Sadly, she has not won her family's fantasy football league since 2018, but she can boast that she's kept the same orchid alive for eight years. So, that's something. (Admittedly, it's not doing great, though.)
Education
Samantha has bachelor's degrees in Classical Studies and English Literature and a master's degree in Secondary Eduction.
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While in college, she was fortunate to live and study in England for a semester and also lived in Rwanda for a month with her team laying the groundwork for a women and children's health clinic.​ Her favorite class in college was Crime, Mystery, and Detection in 19th Century British Literature where she devoured with wild abandon Wilkie Collins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Robert Louis Stevenson, among many others. Although she studied three languages in college, her favorite was Latin followed closely by Ancient Greek. (She, of course, favored the two languages with the least amount of practical application. Unless she goes to Vatican City for mass or finds a time machine to take her to the Balkan Peninsula around the 3rd millennium BC, she's out of luck for any opportunity to use them.)​
Awards & Nominations
Hmmm...do Pop-A-Shot contests count? She also once kicked a home run in a kickball game against a bunch of 6th graders--a very proud moment in her life.
