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 recently won the Anthony Grooms' Prize 2024 and appears 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 will be 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 2025.