Cathy Dodd interviews Sam Davey - South Devon Book Festival 2025

Sam Davey is a 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, July 2025),  and her latest novel is a feminist retelling of the origins of Camelot – entitled  The Chosen Queen (June 2025, Diversion Books/Simon & Schuster). When not writing, Sam works at London’s Royal Opera House as Head of Transformation (unfortunately, no magic wands are available). She lives by the sea in Bexhill, East Sussex and is the  founder of the Hastings Book Festival and chair of the Hastings Writers Group.