Sam FernSam Fern is a children's author and editor from the English countryside, now living in Edinburgh. After graduating from Queen Mary University of London, Sam became an editor for Bonnier Books, then went freelance to attain an MSc in Intermediaity from the University of Edinburgh. His first book, Escape Castle Dracula (2024), invites readers to test their wits against classic literary horror monstrosities. His second book, Where the Dead Live (2025) is a non-fiction globe-trotting journey of living memory from our world to the underworld: festivals, catacombs, afterlives, and how we go on beyond the end. His short fiction has been published by Shrapnel Magazine. When not writing his own work or editing other people's, Sam can usually be found watching horror movies and sculpting clay monsters. Read More Read Less