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Author and poet Sam Stone began writing aged 11 after reading her first adult fiction book, The Collector by John Fowles. “I’d never read anything like it. It was terrifying – but so exciting…that’s when I realized I liked to be scared,†she admits.
Her love of horror fiction began soon afterwards when she stayed up late one night with her sister to watch Christopher Lee in the classic Hammer film, Dracula. Since then she’s been a huge fan of vampire movies and novels old and new.
The youngest of seven children, Sam struggled to find her own space and is a self-confessed bookworm. “I always have a book on the go," says Sam. "It’s my time. Life wouldn’t be the same if I couldn’t chill sometimes with a good book. It’s where I learnt about life, long before I lived it.â€
Sam's writing has appeared in six anthologies for poetry and prose under the name Samantha Paige. Her first novel, Gabriele Caccini –The Vampire Gene Book 1 (as Paigan Stone) was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Like all good author’s she drew on her own knowledge and passions to write it. The novel won ForeWord Magazine's Silver Award for BEST HORROR NOVEL 2007. It has been re-published by The House of Murky Depths as Killing Kiss in 2008.
Sam is currently working on the sequel, Futile Flame, which is book 2 in The Vampire Gene trilogy. You can also see more of her work at her official website: www.sam-stone.com