
Sam’s short fiction has been a Narrative Story of the Week, a finalist in American Short Fiction’s Halifax Ranch Prize, and shortlisted in the Bridport Prize. She won the Anthony Grooms’ Prize in 2024 and appeared in The Connecticut Literary Anthology 2024. Sam completed her MFA at Fairfield University, taught a fiction workshop at the Darien Arts Center, and works as a freelance Developmental Editor. Her first children’s picture book was published in the UK in 2025. Her first novel, The Light Remains, received an honorary mention in the Fairfield Book Prize and will be published in South Africa and the US in April, 2026.