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Samantha Downing (San Francisco Bay) is an American crime writer, based in New Orleans.

Life and career
She has worked as a receptionist in a hair salon and in an antique shop where old jewelry was sold.

Although she has always liked writing, for her it was simply a hobby until a friend of hers sent a copy of My lovely wife (later translated into French as Pas de secrets entre nous and in Spanish as My beloved wife) to a literary publisher, achieving a tremendous success among the public and also being nominated for the Edgar, ITW and ' Macavity in the United States, at the CWA in the United Kingdom and being awarded with the Grand Prix des Lectrices.

Her second book, He started it, was released in 2020 and instantly became an international bestseller

His third thriller, For your own good, released in the USA on July 20, 2021 and an instant bestseller on the USA Today bestseller list, is "Set in a prestigious private school, with nosy parents, overzealous students, and a teacher who just wants to teach everyone a lesson..."

On July 18, 2023, A Twisted Love Story was released in the United States.