Author. Writer. Storyteller.
Samantha Greene Woodruff has a BA in history from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business. She spent most of her career telling stories to executives at MTV Networks as the senior vice president of strategy and business development and, subsequently, audience research for Viacom’s Nickelodeon Group.
After leaving corporate life to become a full-time mom, Sam spent her newfound “free” time, teaching yoga (a long time passion,) becoming a dog-lover, writing a humor column for suburbs101.com (Seriously, Sam?,) and taking classes in fiction writing at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. It was here that she found her true calling as a historical fiction author, a job that she believes perfectly combines her multifaceted background with her wild imagination and passion for history, reading, and writing. Sam’s debut novel, The Lobotomist’s Wife, was an #1 Amazon bestseller and First Reads pick. Her writing has appeared in Newsweek, Writer’s Digest, Female First, Read 650 and more. Her second novel, The Trade Off, will be released in October 2024 by Lake Union.
Sam lives in southern Connecticut with her husband, two children, two dogs and a small reptile zoo. When she’s not with her family or at her laptop, she can be found in the yoga studio, at a concert, singing Taylor Swift at the top of her lungs in the car, or out for a long walk with a friend.