Diane Samuels

Diane Samuels (born 1960) is a British author and playwright.

Samuels was born into a Jewish family in Liverpool[1] in 1960. She was educated at King David High School, Liverpool, studied history at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and then studied for a PGCE in drama at Goldsmiths, University of London. She worked as a drama teacher in inner London secondary schools for five years and as an education officer at the Unicorn Theatre for children.[2][3]

Samuels lives in London[4] and has been a full-time writer since 1992. She was a Pearson Creative Research Fellow at the British Library[5] and is a visiting lecturer at Regent's University London[5] and a reviewer of books for The Guardian newspaper.[6]

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  2. ^ Kremer, S. Lillian. Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work, Taylor & Francis, 2003, ISBN 0-415-92984-9
  3. ^ "Diane Samuels interview". Write Words. 14 April 2004. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Diane Samuels". Drama Online. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Diane Samuels". Regent's University London. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Review: Toby Alone by Timothée de Fombelle". The Guardian. 25 April 2008. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021.