Samantha Henderson is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet.

Samantha Henderson lives in Covina, southern California with her family, and works as a church secretary. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Henderson is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and has published numerous short stories, including "Bottles" (first published in Realms of Fantasy) which was made into a short film in 2010. ^[5] She has been published in Strange Horizons, Star*Line, Lone Star Stories, Weird Tales and The Shantytown Anomaly. ^{[3] [4]} Her novel, Heaven's Bones (a Ravenloft tie-in) was published in September 2008. ^[6] Henderson had a story published in the original anthology of werewolf stories, Running With the Pack. ^[7]

As a participant in Launch Pad, she developed a fourth-grade science class astronomy unit. ^[8] She is treasurer of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. ^{[9] [5]}

Her short story "Five Ways Jane Austen Never Died" was included in Prime Books' Fantasy: the Best of the Year for 2006. ^[10] In 2009, she won second place in the Rhysling Awards in the long and short poem categories with "Spell" and "Hungry: Some Ghost Stories". ^[11] Her Ravenloft novel "Heaven's Bones" was one of the genre-related nominees for "Best Speculative Fiction Novel: Original" at the 2009 Scribe Awards. ^[12] The poem "In the Astronaut Asylum", by Kendall Evans and Henderson won first place in the "Long Poem" category at the 2010 Rhysling Awards, ^[13] and was one of the finalists at the 2010 Nebula Awards. ^{[14] [15]} Her poetry collection "The House of Forever" won second place in the "Best Chapbook" category at the 2013 Elgin Awards. ^[16]

• "Dead Letter," Strange Horizons, March 2003
• "Five Ways Jane Austen Never Died," The Fortean Bureau, March 2005 ^{[17] [18]}
• ""Manuscript Found Written in the Paw Prints of a Stoat", 2005 ^[19]
• "The Tailor and the Fairy", 2005 ^[20]
• "Scales", 2005 ^[21]
• "Route Nine", 2006 ^[22]
• "Girl with the Lute", 2006 ^[23]
• "Cinderella Suicide," Strange Horizons, May 2006, ^[24] also appeared in The Mammoth Book of Steampunk ^[25]
• "Wild Copper", 2006 ^{[26] [27]}
• "Honey Mouth", 2006 ^[28]
• "Such a Lovely Shade of Green" Fantasy Magazine, December 2006 ^[29]
• "Histories", 2006 ^[30]
• "Starry Night", 2007 ^[31]
• "Bottles" Realms of Fantasy, April 2007
• "Shallot", 2007 ^[32]
• "Curse" Clarkesworld Magazine, December 2007 ^[33]
• "Pretty Mary" ^[34]
• "Garkain" Fantasy Magazine, April 2009
• "East of Chula Vista", 2009, Abyss and Apex, Issue 29
• "The Red Bride", 2010 ^{[35] [36]}
• "Escaping Salvation", 2011 ^{[37] [38]}
• "Beside Calais", 2012 ^{[39] [40]}
• "Everything You Were Looking For", 2012 ^[41]
• "Your Fairy Is Serenity Elfsong", 2013 ^[42]
• "My Generations Shall Praise", 2016 ^{[43] [44]}
• "The Black Hole in Auntie Sutra's Handbag" ^[45]

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