Samantha first discovered her passion for writing when she was bored out of her mind while attending community college. While there, she ended up writing several political pieces for a student-organized campus zine and her creative writing professor integrated her gothic short story But Just Ourselves into his curriculum. Samantha then transferred to UCLA where she graduated Cum Laude with a BA in English, specializing in Renaissance Literature. She also has a copyediting certification from UC Berkeley.
Samantha has written a few children's books for the Children’s Technology Review award-winning Abcmouse.com Early Learning Academy. The Wolfish Truth, her retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, is used in a couple of California elementary schools as an example for children to consider that there is more than one side to every story.
Most recently her short story "Like Lemon Drops" was published in the 2020 Los Angeles NaNo Anthology series Songs in the Key of Sunset.
For more on her writing, please see her author website here.
Samantha Claire and renown YA author, Libba Bray, at the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators Conference 47th Annual Conference in Los Angeles.
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