Samantha Henderson lives in Covina, southern California with her family, and works as a church secretary.
[9][5] Her short story "Five Ways Jane Austen Never Died" was included in Prime Books' Fantasy: the Best of the Year for 2006.
[10] In 2009, she won second place in the Rhysling Awards in the long and short poem categories with "Spell" and "Hungry: Some Ghost Stories".
[11] Her Ravenloft novel "Heaven's Bones" was one of the genre-related nominees for "Best Speculative Fiction Novel: Original" at the 2009 Scribe Awards.
[14][15] Her poetry collection "The House of Forever" won second place in the "Best Chapbook" category at the 2013 Elgin Awards.