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Sam Mills was born in 1975. After graduating from Lincoln College, Oxford University, she worked briefly as a chess journalist and publicist before becoming a full-time writer.  She has contributed short stories to literary magazines and websites such as Tomazi and 3am and written articles for the Guardian.

Sam is one of the founding members of the Will Self Club (WSC) and was recently elevated to the position of Sovereign Grand Quiddity Inspector General, the most powerful position in the Selfian hierarchy.

For more information about the WSC please visit www.thewillselfclub.co.uk. or for more about The Quiddity of Will Self please visit www.quiddityofwillself.co.uk.

Recent Publication:

THE QUIDDITY OF WILL SELF, Constable and Robinson, (15th March 2012):

A ghost hovers outside the window of Will Self's study. She is Sylvie, a beautiful young woman who was recently murdered, who wants to influence Self's latest novel before she moves on... Her dead body was discovered by Richard, a twenty-something idler and literary wannabe. He discovers that Sylvie was a member of the W.S.C. - a mysterious cult of charismatic writers who appear to worship Will Self in a strange and secret style. Gradually, he gets sucked into their dark world of absinthe, cloaks and bizarre Initiation rites. Richard begins to lose his sense of perspective. What is the WSC and what is their relationship to the mysterious Hemingway potions? What did they do to Sylvie... and what will they do to him? Ranging from the present day to 2049, from dictionary rape to literary orgies, from lesbian book reviewers to the Great Vowel Shift, The Will Self Murders is a quirky, comic novel, reminiscent of Being John Malkovich - with the acclaimed novelist, Will Self, as the centre of fascination.

Reviews:

“If you love books. If you love books so much that you love even the word ‘book’. Then this is a book you’ll love.” Jonathan Trigell, author of Boy A

"Funny, inventive. . . Mills keeps the game up with the sheer unexpectedness of her narrative. . .  an ingenious, energetic read, admirable for the verve and macabre imagination with which Mills pursues her quarry." The Sunday Times

“An extraordinary odyssey of orgiastic obsession…a novel as ambitious and outrageous as this seems to defy conventional review…the author's invention and enthusiasm – and the depth of her apparent obsession – are undoubtedly infectious.” The Guardian