Saman­tha Greene Woodruff is the author of two #1 Ama­zon best­selling his­tor­i­cal fic­tion nov­els, The Lobotomist’s Wife and The Trade Off. Sam has a BA in his­to­ry from Wes­leyan Uni­ver­si­ty and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Busi­ness. She spent fif­teen years at Viacom’s Nick­elodeon before leav­ing to par­ent her two young chil­dren. Sam’s writ­ing has appeared in Newsweek, Writer’s Digest, Female First, LitHub, Writer’s Read, and more. Sam was also a con­trib­u­tor to the USA Today best­selling anthol­o­gy On Being Jew­ish Now edit­ed by Zib­by Owens. Woodruff lives in south­ern Con­necti­cut with her hus­band, two chil­dren, two dogs, and a small rep­tile zoo.