annabelle Sami
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Annabelle Sami is a writer working across prose, poetry and scripts.
She was born and grew up by the sea on the south coast of Dorset, before moving to London where she is currently based. She has written 12 books for children, which have won the Spark! Book Award and Stockport Children's Book Award, been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and longlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award and Diverse Book Award. Her writing for adults has been featured in Writer's Mosaic, Peaks of Colour Nature Writing Journal and Fearlessly Magazine. Her debut work in progress novel for adults won the Sustainable Story Award for Fiction by World of Books 2025. She also writes poetry and was part of Apples & Snakes Scratch Lab 2025 and Spread the Word’s Poetics Lab Cohort 2025.
Annabelle also works in the arts with several prominent theatre companies and artists, producing participatory and experimental work. She enjoys working dramaturgically and editorially on scripts to champion underrepresented voices and perspectives.
