Samantha Ellis

Author and Playwright, London, UK

Samantha Ellis is the author of How to be a Heroine (2014), Take Courage: Anne Brontë and the Art of Life (2017) and Chopping Onions on my Heart (2025), forthcoming in the US as Always Carry Salt (2026). She is also a playwright, and lives in London, UK.

Written by Samantha Ellis

A person’s left hand holds an old family photo near documents and letters on a table; their right hand holds a pen that is positioned to write on a yellow strip of paper.

How to be the archivist of your own family

By curating your family’s stories, rituals and relics, you’ll feel anchored – and create a bridge between the generations

by Samantha Ellis