Sammy
Wright is a high school teacher and administrator. He was brought up in
Scotland, worked in London for twelve years, and now lives in north England. He
has served on the Social Mobility Commission and is currently vice principal
at the Southmoor Academy, a public school near Newcastle. His short stories
have been published in a variety of anthologies and his novel Fit, which won the 2020 Northern Book
Prize, is his first book-length publication.