ABOUT ME

There's still something faintly terrifying about an About Me page. You're essentially asked to hold a mirror up to yourself and describe what you see - which, for a writer, should be easy. We do that all the time. Just never about ourselves.

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So. Here goes.

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I've been a number of things. I trained as an actor at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and spent years performing on stage - including a West End run and a world tour in a Simon and Garfunkel tribute show (I played Simon; I lack the hair and the high notes for Garfunkel). I've been an English teacher for nearly a decade. I'm a singer, a guitar player, and an avid gamer (proudly on his 4th playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3).

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But the thing I've been longer than anything else is a storyteller.

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I've been drawn to fantasy, folklore, and mythology for as long as I can remember - from Tolkien's The Hobbit, which was one of the first books I ever read, to the vast, strange worlds of modern speculative fiction. My writing lives in those spaces: dark, mythic, character-driven stories rooted in the traditions I grew up loving.

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My debut novel, The Book of Mim, is a retelling of Norse mythology - and the project I'm most proud of. I'm currently seeking representation for it.

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On this corner of the internet you'll find short stories, the occasional review, and blog posts about whatever's currently taking up space in my head. Feedback is always welcome - he says, bracing himself.

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Thanks for stopping by.

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​Sam

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