Samantha Henderson


Samantha Henderson is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet.

Personal life

Samantha Henderson lives in Covina, southern California with her family, and works as a church secretary.

Writing career

Henderson is best known for her numerous short stories, including "Bottles" which was made into a short film in 2010. She has also been published in Strange Horizons, Star*Line, Lone Star Stories and Weird Tales. Her novel, Heaven's Bones was published in September 2008. Henderson's work has also appeard in the original anthology of werewolf stories, Running With the Pack.
She has served as the treasurer of the Science Fiction Poetry Association and a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

Awards and recognition

Her short story "Five Ways Jane Austen Never Died" was included in Prime Books' Fantasy: the Best of the Year for 2006. In 2009, she won second place in the Rhysling Awards in the long and short poem categories with "Spell" and "Hungry: Some Ghost Stories". Her Ravenloft novel "Heaven's Bones" was one of the genre-related nominees for "Best Speculative Fiction Novel: Original" at the 2009 Scribe Awards. The poem "In the Astronaut Asylum", written with Kendall Evans, won first place in the "Long Poem" category at the 2010 Rhysling Awards, and was a 2010 Nebula Award finalist. Her poetry collection "The House of Forever" won second place in the "Best Chapbook" category at the 2013 Elgin Awards.

Short fiction