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Samantha Stroh Bailey

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Literature & Fiction, Suspense, Humor and Comedy

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Samantha Bailey is a Toronto-based journalist who has written extensively for Now Magazine, Oxford University Press, and many other publications. She is the co-founder of “BookBuzz,” a promotional and interactive author event held in New York City and Toronto that has attracted the attention of prominent publicists, influential media, and bestselling authors. She holds a Master of Education in Applied Linguistics and credits that degree with her writing career because she wrote her first (unpublished) novel after taking a course on imagination. Now her imagination leads her to create dark and twisty stories, and her debut psychological thriller, WOMAN ON THE EDGE, will be published in countries world-wide, including Italy, Spain, Germany, H ...more

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	Finding Lucas 3.93 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bookclub-in-a-Box Discusses The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain: The Complete Package for Readers and Leaders by Marilyn Herbert, Laura Godfrey (Editor) , Samantha Stroh Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Kind of Mad Courage by Francine LaSala (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Samantha Stroh Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Victoria Jackson (Foreword) 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bookclub-In-A-Box Discusses the Finkler Question, by Howard Jacobson by Marilyn Herbert, Samantha Stroh Bailey (Goodreads Author) (With) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bookclub-in-a-Box Discusses The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain: The Complete Guide for Readers and Leaders by Marilyn Herbert, Samantha Stroh Bailey (Goodreads Author) , Graeme Bayliss it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bookclub-in-a-Box Discusses The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (Book Club in a Box: The Complete Package for Readers and Leaders) by Marilyn Herbert, Erin Balser - co-writer , Samantha Stroh Bailey (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kiss a Cowboy Series (3 Book Series) by Deanna Lynn Sletten (Goodreads Author), Denise Vitola (Goodreads Author) (Editor) , Samantha Stroh Bailey (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My Year of Risk-Taking: Bring It On!

I am not a risk-taker by any means. I don't do roller coasters, get nervous going down escalators, am not of fan of sports in which balls get thrown close to my head, and have never rollerbladed in my life. The only area in which I take risks is in my writing. I love to go as dark and twisted as possible, because it is my characters, and not me, who are in danger, and in the last year of revisi... Read more of this blog post »

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message 17: by Samantha

Jul 26, 2014 06:05AM

Thanks to you, Jayne!

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message 16: by Tom

Jul 13, 2013 07:35PM

Samantha, thank you for joining my community of friends. Blessings, Tom.

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message 15: by Samantha

Jun 11, 2013 01:36PM

Thanks for asking! It's Sam, by the way. But Joanna's a nice name, too. :)

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message 14: by Samantha

Apr 20, 2013 05:09AM

Linda wrote: "Thanks for accepting my friends request. I sure look forward to reading your book. Sounds good. :)"

Thanks so much for the support, Linda! It's wonderful to find someone who likes to discover new authors!

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message 13: by Linda

Apr 19, 2013 07:37PM

Thanks for accepting my friends request. I sure look forward to reading your book. Sounds good. :)

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message 12: by Samantha

Feb 15, 2013 01:01PM

Amy wrote: "Hi Samantha! Thanks so much for accepting my friend request. Hope you're having a fab day!"

Ditto, Amy! I'm editing. :) Have a great weekend!

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message 11: by Amy

Feb 15, 2013 01:00PM

Hi Samantha! Thanks so much for accepting my friend request. Hope you're having a fab day!

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message 10: by Samantha

Jan 01, 2013 08:09AM

Karen wrote: "Thank you for accepting the friend request! Love your author bio!!"

Thanks for friending me, Karen. That is so nice to hear! Author bios are so hard to write. Happy New Year!

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message 9: by Samantha

Jan 01, 2013 08:08AM

Fred wrote: "Thanks so much, Samantha, look forward to being friends!"

Thanks, Fred. Happy New Year!

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message 8: by Karen

Jan 01, 2013 03:54AM

Thank you for accepting the friend request! Love your author bio!!

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message 7: by Fred

Dec 27, 2012 06:57PM

Thanks so much, Samantha, look forward to being friends!

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message 6: by Samantha

Sep 17, 2012 03:06PM

Rebekah, I love reading your status updates as you read Finding Lucas. I'm so glad you're enjoying it! So many readers comment on Derek--he gets quite the reaction! I don't want to comment too much about why she stayed for so long because I don't want to take anything away from the story. But, once you're done, if you want to know my take on it, I'd love to chat about it. Of course, Jamie has her own ideas...

Cheers,
Sam

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message 5: by Rebekah

Sep 17, 2012 11:40AM

Reading "Finding Lucas" right now, and the way Derek treated Jamie...dang! He's giving ME panic attacks and he's not even my boyfriend! How did she live with him so long? Enjoying it a lot, though. :-)

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message 4: by Samantha

Aug 21, 2012 03:08PM

You too, Delilah! The title of your latest blog post is fantastic!

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message 3: by Delilah

Aug 21, 2012 02:27PM

Hi Samantha! Thank you for the friendship! Happy writing :)

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message 2: by Samantha

Aug 12, 2012 03:24PM

Liz, thank you so much. Your review touched me so much, and I'm so happy you loved Finding Lucas. As an indie author, having that kind of response makes all of the hard work worth it. I'm hoping the next one will be out in late fall!

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message 1: by Liz

Aug 11, 2012 10:33PM

Hi Ms. Samantha - Your book was incredible! I left a review on Goodreads. When will your next book be out? Your story was a perfect balance of everything!! Love your writing!

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