Samantha Kolesnik

Samantha Kolesnik is an award-winning writer and director from Pennsylvania. Her acclaimed literary debut, True Crime, is available now from Grindhouse Press. Her screenplays have been recognized at top genre film festivals and her fiction has appeared in notable literary magazines including The Bitter Oleander, The William and Mary Review, and Barnstorm. Samantha's film, Mama's Boy, world premiered at the Telluride Horror Show and has been a hit on the festival circuit, playing well-regarded events such as Boston Underground Film Festival, Ithaca Fantastik, Horrible Imaginings Film Festival and more. Waylon Jordan from iHorror.com has praised her work as "impressive" and as a "lesson in psychological horror". Samantha is also one of the co-founders of the Women in Horror Film Festival and has served as a panelist, guest juror and volunteer at several independent genre events.