amantha Mills is a multiple award-winning author living in Southern California. Her debut novel, The Wings Upon Her Back, is coming out from Tachyon Publications in 2024. She has published a dozen short stories since 2018, appearing in Uncanny Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod and others. In addition to winning the Nebula, Locus, Hugo, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial awards for her short story “Rabbit Test” in 2023, Sam has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, made the Locus Recommended Reading List and the BSFA long list multiple times, and was included in the best-of anthologies The New Voices of Science Fiction and The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2023.
Sam is represented by Lisa Rodgers of JABberwocky Literary Agency. She is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association and the Codex Writers’ Group.
She grew up in Southern California, where she still lives with her family and cats. She graduated from the University of Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Pre- and Early Modern Literature, and received a Master’s in Information and Library Science from San Jose State University. In the other half of her life, she is a trained archivist specializing in primary documents, with a particular focus on helping local historical societies and research libraries preserve and manage their collections.
When Sam isn’t working, writing or taking care of children, she’s watching B-movies, binding books, and crocheting stuffed animals. You can find more, including social media handles and a full list of published work, at www.samtasticbooks.com.
