USA TODAY bestselling author Samantha Lee Howe began her professional writing career in 2007 and has been working as a freelance writer for small, medium and large publishers, predominately writing horror and fantasy under the pen name Sam Stone. Samantha’s breakaway debut psychological thriller was THE STRANGER IN OUR BED. To date, Samantha has written 19 novels, 3 novellas, 3 collections, over 40 short stories, an audio drama and a "Doctor Who" spin-off drama. A former high school English and Drama teacher, Samantha has a BA (Hons) in English and Writing for Performance, an MA in Creative Writing and a PGCE in English. Samantha lives in Lincolnshire with her husband David and their two cats Leeloo and Skye. She is the proud mother of a lovely daughter called Linzi.

Samantha Lee Howe