Hi, I’m Sam, a writer, poet, and storyteller who believes in the power of language to create belonging. I write across genres including memoir, fiction, poetry, essays, and whatever lives in the space between. My work often explores what it means to build a life (and a body of work) while disabled, queers, and very much alive.

Writing has always been a way for me to survive, make sense, and tell the truth (especially the uncomfortable kind). I’m drawn to themes like identity, grief, embodiment, neurodivergence, and the messy, miraculous process of becoming. My stories are rarely tidy, but they are always honest.

My upcoming book, Built for Belonging, is part memoir, part manifesto: a sort of love letter to the misfits, the chronically ill, the creative outsiders trying to build something that lasts. I’m also working on a handful of other projects — novels, essays, a podcast, and probably too many Google Docs to count.

If you’re here, I hope you find something that resonates, unsettles, or reminds you that you’re not alone.