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My name is Samantha (Sam) Pope and I am a writer, editor, teacher and general wordsmith. I write on a range of topics for a variety of readers of differing ages and interests. My debut novel, The Haunting of Lindy Pennyworth, was published on 7 October 2021 with UCLan Publishing, and I have also had a number of short stories published and performed in the UK and overseas, including in the Charles Dickens Museum, and One-Way Window, published by Otranto House in their Tales of the Supernatural collection. You can watch my winning story, ‘La Tricoteuse’, being performed brilliantly by Rebecca Birch on Youtube.

My interests lie in the supernatural, the Gothic and in Georgian and Victorian history and literature, as well as in polar exploration. However, I find what’s fascinating in a huge range of topics and am always happy to do my research to prepare a written piece or a workshop on a given prompt.

My current project is the biography of Eleanor Anne Porden, a talented poet whose brief life was cut short by TB in 1825. During her lifetime, she was considered more famous that Keats or Clare, but her premature death, and the fame (and infamy) of her husband, the polar explorer Sir John Franklin, and his second wife, Jane, Lady Franklin, have meant that her reputation has been all but eclipsed. You can read my updates on my research site.

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