About Samantha
Samantha graduated with a BS in Journalism from Florida International University in 2003. She wrote and reported entertainment scripts that were aired on FOX WSVN 7 in Miami, FL and OWL Radio at Florida Atlantic University in Boca. She is passionate about writing and has been writing short stories and poetry since she was a kid, after learning that her favorite grandmother was a poet. Samantha began writing children’s stories in 2004.
She has completed a 18,000 humorous, animal-talking, chapter book called MURPHY: THE PHAT CAT, which is being published by Hurn Publications/Hurn Pub Kids in 2024. In addition, she recently signed a three-book deal with Hurn Publications for the release of her middle-grade fantasy trilogy, RAINBOW CRYSTAL. Book one and the sequel will be newly designed reprints. RAINBOW CRYSTAL (book one) will be released in 2023. RAINBOW CRYSTAL: THE SPECIAL BOY WHO COULD will be released in 2024, and the last and final book of the trilogy will be released in 2025. Samantha also co-wrote and finished a screenplay, MANO NERA, based on a true story about her Italian great-grandparents, which is currently being shopped in Hollywood. Samantha adapted RAINBOW CRYSTAL as a feature screenplay.