Sam Davey is an arts administrator, festival producer and prize-winning author of fantasy and speculative fiction – both short stories and novels. Her short stories have appeared in a number of anthologies, the most recent being “Breaking Through the Penumbra” (Cicada Song Press, Nov 2025).
Until recently, Sam worked at London’s Royal Opera House, but has now decided to devote more of her time to writing and the creative arts. Sam lives by the sea and is the founder of the Hastings Book Festival. She is currently the producer of the Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival.
Sam’s new novel (2nd in series) The Sisters and The Sword will be published in June 2026, by Diversion Books/Simon and Schuster.
Her previous novel, the first in the Pendragon Prophecy series, is a feminist retelling of the origins of Camelot – entitled The Chosen Queen (June 2025, Diversion Books/Simon & Schuster).
Committee Role: Programme Secretary