Samantha Mills Biography, Books, and Similar Authors

Samantha Mills Biography

Samantha Mills is a multiple award-winning author of science fiction and fantasy. Her critically acclaimed first novel, The Wings Upon Her Back, won the Compton Crook Award for year's best SFF debut. In 2023, she received the Nebula, Locus, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Awards for her short story, "Rabbit Test." Her short fiction has appeared in Uncanny Magazine, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, and others, and was included in the best-of anthologies The New Voices of Science Fiction from Tachyon Publications and The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023.

A graduate of the University of Santa Cruz with a BA in Pre- and Early Modern Literature, Mills also received a Master's in Information and Library Science from San José State University. In the other half of her life, she is a trained archivist specializing in primary documents.

Mills grew up in Southern California, where she still lives with her family and cats. When she isn't working, writing, or taking care of children, she's watching B movies, binding books, and crocheting stuffed animals. You can find more, including social media handles and a full list of her published work, at www.samtasticbooks.com.

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