Sam Blake*

Sam Blake* is originally from St. Albans in Hertfordshire but has lived at the foot of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland for more years than she lived in the UK. Married to a retired member of An Garda Siochana she has two children, two cats and had sole responsibility for an ant farm while her eldest studied rocket science to become a Space Master. The youngest is studying PPE but definitely doesn’t want to be a politician. Sam Blake herself is a character from the imagination of Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin who is the founder of the multi award winning writing resources website Writing.ie, The Inkwell Group publishing consultancy and the fabulously successful online coaching and mentoring group for writers Writers Ink. As Sam, she is the founder of Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival.