Formal bio

Long bio

Sam Beckbessinger is the bestselling author of Manage Your Money Like a Fucking Grownup, sold in six countries. Her debut adult novel Femme Feral is a perimenopausal werewolf story waiting to claw its way into your heart in summer 2026.

Sam co-authored the teen body-horror novel Girls of Little Hope and wrote for Marvel’s Jessica Jones: Playing With Fire. Her interactive story about climate change, Survive the Century, was featured in New Scientist and Gizmodo. She's also written for animated kids’ TV show, Team Jay, commissioned by the Juventus Soccer Club and produced and animated by Sunrise Productions, and the family-friendly comedy series Jungle Beat, which has been broadcast in over 180 countries on channels including Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. She currently has two unannounced adult TV shows in production.

When Sam isn’t writing, she’s teaching creative writing at Bath Spa University, obsessing over spreadsheets, and perfecting her bog witch aesthetic. She grew up on a farm near Durban with a pet donkey named Mr Magoo, but now lives in London.

Medium bio

Sam Beckbessinger is the author of the bestselling Manage Your Money Like a Fucking Grownup and the novel Girls of Little Hope (co-authored with Dale Halvorsen). Her interactive story about climate change, Survive the Century, was featured in New Scientist and Gizmodo. She teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University, writes kids' TV and picture books, once wrote for Marvel, and is weirdly obsessed with spreadsheets. Her perimenopausal werewolf novel Femme Feral is coming in summer 2026. She grew up on a farm near Durban with a pet donkey named Mr Magoo, but now lives in London.

Short bio

Sam Beckbessinger is the bestselling author of Manage Your Money Like a Fucking Grownup, sold in six countries and loved by people who hate talking about money. She teaches creative writing and pens horror stories and kids’ TV shows. Her perimenopausal werewolf novel Femme Feral is coming in summer 2026.

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