Sam Grieve graduated from Brown University and gained her MA in English from King’s College, London. She worked initially as a bookseller, and then moved into the antiquarian book business. Originally from Cape Town, South Africa, she now lives in Connecticut with her husband and two sons. Her work is forthcoming or has recently appeared in 10,000 Tons Of Black Ink, A cappella Zoo, Amarillo Bay, Cactus Heart, Crack the Spine, Daily Science Fiction, Forge, Grey Sparrow, PANK, Qwerty, Saint Ann's Review, Sanskrit, Sierra Nevada Review, Silk Road Journal, Southern Indiana Review, Storyscape, and Wild Violet.