ABOUT SAMANTHA
Long story short...
Trinidadian-born Samantha Thornhill started writing
poetry at age eleven and edited her high school literary magazine.
She attended Florida State University, where she earned her B.A.
in Creative Writing, then later graduated from the University of
Virginia with her Masters of Fine Arts in Poetry. Aside from
coaching the Virginia Slam team for two years, Samantha was and
still is an eternal member of Black on Black Rhyme and Cave Canem,
two organizations keen on promoting poetry in general, Black
poetry in particular. For several years, Samantha served as a
program director at the Children’s Aid Society in East Harlem,
where she built and nurtured youth development programs. Samantha
currently teaches poetry to first year acting students in the
Drama division at the Juilliard School. She is the author of the
young adult novel, Seventeen Seasons, which is forthcoming
from Penguin Books. She lives in Brooklyn.
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