MULTI-AWARD WINNING SCREENWRITER AND
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 ever since. She is a multi-award-winning screenwriter and a USA Today bestselling author. She is the author or editor of over 30 published books, more than 60 short stories and two produced screenplays. Her back list includes Thrillers, Horror, Fantasy, SF and Steampunk.
Samantha’s breakaway debut psychological thriller, The Stranger In Our Bed, was released in February 2020 with HarperCollins’ imprint, One More Chapter and rapidly became a USA Today bestseller.
This was followed by her explosive spy thriller trilogy, The House of Killers (Book 1 The House of Killers), Kill Or Die (Book 2) and Kill A Spy (Book 3) which were all released in 2021.
In August 2020, Samantha signed a deal with the production company Buffalo Dragon for the option and screenplay for The Stranger In Our Bed. The film premiered on Showtime in the USA on 1 July 2022 and was internationally released on 5 September 2022. The film received critical acclaim and won Best Thriller at the National Film Awards which was announced at the prestigious televised awards on 3 July 2023. Samantha has since won more than 20 film festival awards for the screenplay.
An ardent supporter of charities, Samantha is Survivor Ambassador for the domestic abuse charity IDAS (Independent Domestic Abuse Services) which is based in Yorkshire. She also supports Anna Kennedy Online as sponsor, judge and presenter for the Autism Hero Awards and Autism’s Got Talent as well as the breast cancer charity, Pink Ribbon Foundation.
The Soul Thief, published by HarperCollins in December 2024, saw her return to the horror genre with an atmospheric gothic supernatural thriller novel.
In 2026, the first two novels in Samantha’s new co-sexy mystery series, Mel Greenway Investigates: A Thorn In The Rose and Fight Of The Turner; will be published by Bedford Square Publishers in 2026, with a third novel, Bride In Funeral Clothing, coming in 2027.
Samantha lives in South Yorkshire with her husband, historian, writer and publisher, David J Howe, and their cat Skye. She is the proud mother of a lovely daughter called Linzi.
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TITLES BY SAMANTHA LEE HOWE
The Stranger In Our Bed
The Soul Thief (as S L Howe)
MEL GREENWAY INVESTIGATES
1: A Thorn In The Rose (Feb 2026)
2: Flight Of The Turner (June 2026)
3: Bride In Funeral Clothing (2027)
THE HOUSE OF KILLERS TRILOGY
1: The House Of Killers
2: Kill Or Die
3: Kill A Spy
AS EDITOR
Criminal Pursuits: Crimes Through Time (Editor & Contributor)
Criminal Pursuits: This Is Me (Editor & Contributor)
The Daemons Of Devil’s End (Editor & Contributor)
Crimes of Passion (Collection)
SCREENPLAYS
The White Witch of Devil’s End
The Stranger In Our Bed
TITLES AS SAM STONE
THE VAMPIRE GENE SERIES
1: Killing Kiss
2: Futile Flame
3: Demon Dance
4: Hateful Heart
5: Silent Sand
6: Jaded Jewel
THE KAT LIGHTFOOT MYSTERIES
1: Zombies At Tiffany’s
2: Kat On A Hot Tin Airship
3: What’s Dead PussyKat
4: Kat of Green Tentacles
5: Kat And The Pendulum
6: Ten Little Demons
THE JINX TRILOGY
1: Jinx Town
2: Jinx Magic
3: Jinx Town
COLLECTIONS
Zombies in New York and Other Bloody Jottings
Cthulhu and Other Nightmares
Legends of Cthulhu
STANDALONE
The Darkness Within: Final Cut
Posing for Picasso
Photograph by Andy Barnes.
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