Samantha Allen's Blog

Hi, friends! So excited to share that you can read the opening pages of "Patricia Wants to Cuddle exclusively at them.us, Conde Nast's digital LGBTQ+ magazine, right now!

See the link below for a quick taste of the book:

https://www.them.us/story/patricia-wa...

Hey friends! Just wanted to drop a quick note there that my fiction debut, PATRICIA WANTS TO CUDDLE, will be out in July 2022. It's up on Goodreads now for y'all to bookmark, shelve, et cetera! Check it out:

Patricia Wants to Cuddle

Here's how we described the book in the deal memo: "a contemporary horror comedy novel pitched as queer Grendel for the Instagram era, following a group of contestants on a reality television dating competition as they compete for love, and their lives, while on a remote island that's home to an elusive and woefully misunderstood creature." Can't wait for people to get the chance to read it, and thanks as always for your continuing support of my unlikely writing career.

Hey Goodreads friends! Just wanted to let you all know I’ve got a brand new book out. It’s an Audible Original called — and I can’t believe I got this punny title approved — M TO (WT)F. It’s a humorous, irreverent spin on transgender memoir that covers growing up Mormon, undergoing open-heart surgery, coming out, and more. It was fun to write exclusively for audio, because I could be conversational, quippy, and fun — and because so many people who listened to REAL QUEER AMERICA said they enjoyed feeling like they had gone along with me on the road trip in the book. For me, M TO (WT)F is an attempt to invite people to laugh with trans people about our lives instead of laughing at us. I really hope you enjoy. I poured so much love into this project and it would mean the world to me if you’d listen.

M to (WT)F: Twenty-Six of the Funniest Moments from My Transgender Journey