Samantha Henderson

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Samantha Henderson is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet.

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Personal life

Samantha Henderson lives in Covina, southern California with her family, and works as a church secretary. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Writing career

Henderson is best known for her numerous short stories, including "Bottles" (first published in Realms of Fantasy) which was made into a short film in 2010. [5] She has also been published in Strange Horizons, Star*Line, Lone Star Stories and Weird Tales. [3] [4] Her novel, Heaven's Bones (a Ravenloft tie-in) was published in September 2008. [6] Henderson's work has also appeard in the original anthology of werewolf stories, Running With the Pack. [7]

She has served as the treasurer of the Science Fiction Poetry Association and a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. [8] [5]

Awards and recognition

Her short story "Five Ways Jane Austen Never Died" was included in Prime Books' Fantasy: the Best of the Year for 2006. [9] In 2009, she won second place in the Rhysling Awards in the long and short poem categories with "Spell" and "Hungry: Some Ghost Stories". [10] Her Ravenloft novel "Heaven's Bones" was one of the genre-related nominees for "Best Speculative Fiction Novel: Original" at the 2009 Scribe Awards. [11] The poem "In the Astronaut Asylum", written with Kendall Evans, won first place in the "Long Poem" category at the 2010 Rhysling Awards, [12] and was a 2010 Nebula Award finalist. [13] [14] Her poetry collection "The House of Forever" won second place in the "Best Chapbook" category at the 2013 Elgin Awards. [15]

Short fiction

References

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