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Samantha Ellis

Samantha Ellis

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Samantha Ellis is a playwright and journalist. Her first book How to be a Heroine was published in 2014. Her plays include Cling to me Like Ivy, Operation Magic Carpet and How to Date a Feminist. She has written for the Guardian, Observer, TLS, Spectator, Literary Review, The Pool, Exeunt and more. She lives in London.

Books by Samantha Ellis

How To Be A Heroine

A funny, touching, inspiring exploration of the role of heroines, and our favourite books, in all our lives.

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Take Courage

Anne Brontë - literary wallflower or radical heroine? Samantha Ellis stomps off to Haworth to find out

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