Diane Samuels

Diane Samuels is an author and playwright. She was born in Liverpool in 1960. Samuels studied history at Sidney Sussex College at the University of Cambridge and then studied for a PGCE in drama at Goldsmiths, University of London. She worked as a drama teacher in inner London secondary schools for five years and as an education officer at the Unicorn Theatre for children.^[1][2]

Samuels has been a full time writer since 1992. Her works include Kindertransport (1993), “Frankie’s Monster” an adaptation of Vivien Alcock's The Monster Garden, The True Life Fiction of Mata Hari (2001), and Three Sisters on Hope Street, co-written with Tracy-Ann Oberman.^[3]

Samuels was a Pearson Creative Research Fellow at the British Library^[4] and is a reviewer of books for The Guardian newspaper.^[5]

External links

• Diane Samuels Website

References

1. ^ Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work, S. Lillian Kremer. Taylor & Francis, 2003, ISBN 0415929849
2. ^ WriteWords interview
3. ^ Playwrights database
4. ^ British Library - Magical Worlds
5. ^ sample review

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