Sam Blake

Sam Blake is the award winning, multiple No 1 bestselling author of adult thrillers, plus two for young adults. A previous board member of the Crime Writers Association, Sam is the founder of Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival. Sam Blake is the pseudonym of Vanessa Fox O’Loughlin, the current chair of the Society of Authors. Sam/Vanessa is the founder of Europe’s biggest writing resources website, Writing.ie, the Writers Ink online coaching and mentoring group, and The Inkwell Group publishing consultancy. She has assisted hundreds of new writers to publication.