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Samantha Markum

Samantha Markum was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where she got her great literary start writing Newsies fan fiction in middle school. She went to high school and college in Florida, and eventually moved to Los Angeles, just so she could complain about how much she missed In-N-Out once she left. She currently lives in her hometown of St. Louis. This May End Badly is her debut novel.

Genres: Young Adult Romance

Novels

   This May End Badly (2022)
   You Wouldn't Dare (2023)
   Love, Off the Record (2024)
   The Roommate Arrangement (2026)

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