Sam Burns works as an editor for Leaf Books, a small publishing company based in South Wales. She recently was one of the playwrights in Paines Plough’s production Come to Where I’m From, a tapestry of short plays about playwrights’ hometowns. She has also written two novels, one of which, The Story Unmakers, was shortlisted in Susan Hill’s Long Barn Books first novel competition in 2007. She lives in Cardiff, Wales and is currently working on a commission for the Bush Theatre, London.