Samantha Turnbull is a writer, podcast-maker, journalist and educator.
Her books include Remember the Rainbows (Five Mile, 2021), the five-book best-selling Anti-Princess Club series (Allen & Unwin, 2015), and Fierce Girls (Five Mile, 2022).
Sam makes podcasts including Fierce Girls, Dino Dome, Gardening Australia Junior, News Time, Imagine This, Little Green Pod, Animal Sound Safari, and Still Jill.
Sam is a multi-award winning journalist who has worked across print, broadcast and digital media for more than 20 years.
She is also a slam poetry champion, and you can see one of her first-ever performances here.
Apart from writing, Sam’s greatest passion is working with kids. She completed her Masters of Teaching (Primary) in 2022, and has taught hundreds of creative writing classes all over Australia, in the United States, and in the Kingdom of Bhutan (one of her favourite places).
Sam also loves trail-running (especially in far flung locations). You might see her byline in adventure publications where she contributes articles about trail-running.
Random facts:
🙂 Sam lives in Byron Bay, NSW, Australia 🙂
🙂 Her favourite authors are Robin Klein and Sofie Laguna 🙂
🙂 Her favourite hobbies are trail-running, painting/drawing, performing in/watching poetry slams, and listening to podcasts 🙂
🙂 Her favourite podcasts are No Feeling is Final, S-Town, and anything by Tortoise Media (note: these are podcasts for adults not kiddos). Her favourite kids’ podcasts are Little Yarns and Dino Dome 🙂
🙂 Her favourite favourite thing is travelling 🙂
🙂 Her favourite places so far are Queenstown (NZ), Tokyo (Japan), Paro (Bhutan), Petra (Jordan), New Orleans (USA), and Byron Bay (Australia) 🙂
🙂 Her favourite favourite favourite thing is her family (they didn’t make me say that) 🙂