Sam Baker grew up in Hampshire and after a degree in politics at Birmingham University became a journalist, going on to edit some of the UK's biggest magazines. For six years she was Editor in Chief of Red magazine, where she set up the Red Hot Women Awards recognising achievement across politics, science, tech, the arts, media and charity, as well as championing support for Refuge, the charity for victims of domestic abuse.In 2015 she co-founded and launched The Pool with Lauren Laverne, the online platform that makes inspiring and original content for busy women.Sam is married to the novelist Jon Courtenay Grimwood and lives in Winchester. When she’s not working or writing she escapes by devouring crime novels or watching box sets.

Praise for To My Best Friends: 'To My Best Friends is smart, poignant and real.' Heat 'I finally got round to reading the book (not for want of trying) and love it.' Lauren Laverne 'a warm, inspiring story about love, friendship and letting go.' Good Housekeeping 'an emotional, life-affirming novel about the power of female friendships.' Grazia 'There aren't many books that can make me properly sob, but this is one of them. Cleverly structured, To My Best Friends is a grown-up tale of love and loss that got me thinking about the complicated nature of female friendship, with all its joys and sorrows. Sam Baker's writing is humane and life-affirming' Jojo Moyes 'Sam Baker has written a glorious hymn to one of the strongest, yet most underestimated loves in life -- that of the woman for her girlfriends. You will love this book, I promise ' Allison Pearson 'really engaging and entertaining, a really good read' Jane Fallon 'A gorgeous indulgence of a novel. Full of friendship, flirting and frocks. It's irresistible' Adele Parks Praise for The Stepmother's Support Group: 'Sometimes, a book can be such a brilliant idea you can't believe no one has done it before! Stepmothers, stepfathers, stepchildren: all will find amusement and comfort in its pages.' Nigella Lawson 'The narrative is well thought out with a great plot and likeable characters. Writing from the point of view of the Wicked Stepmother makes for an interesting and different read.' Daily Mail 'In this feisty female-support fiction, each of her group of five women -- Eve, Clare, Mel, Mandy and Chloe -- has her own way of managing the complexities of 21st-century family life -- living with the ghosts of dead wives, looking after the little ones, and nursing the big ones' egos.' Good Housekeeping "Baker charts the lives of four very different women, each embroiled in a family crisis, offering us a compelling, honest and moving view of motherhood, in all forms' Psychologies

Sam Baker grew up in Hampshire and after a degree in politics at Birmingham University became a journalist, going on to edit some of the UK's biggest magazines. For six years she was Editor in Chief of Red magazine, where she set up the Red Hot Women Awards recognising achievement across politics, science, tech, the arts, media and charity, as well as championing support for Refuge, the charity for victims of domestic abuse.In 2015 she co-founded and launched The Pool with Lauren Laverne, the online platform that makes inspiring and original content for busy women.Sam is married to the novelist Jon Courtenay Grimwood and lives in Winchester. When she’s not working or writing she escapes by devouring crime novels or watching box sets.

Praise for To My Best Friends: 'To My Best Friends is smart, poignant and real.' Heat 'I finally got round to reading the book (not for want of trying) and love it.' Lauren Laverne 'a warm, inspiring story about love, friendship and letting go.' Good Housekeeping 'an emotional, life-affirming novel about the power of female friendships.' Grazia 'There aren't many books that can make me properly sob, but this is one of them. Cleverly structured, To My Best Friends is a grown-up tale of love and loss that got me thinking about the complicated nature of female friendship, with all its joys and sorrows. Sam Baker's writing is humane and life-affirming' Jojo Moyes 'Sam Baker has written a glorious hymn to one of the strongest, yet most underestimated loves in life -- that of the woman for her girlfriends. You will love this book, I promise ' Allison Pearson 'really engaging and entertaining, a really good read' Jane Fallon 'A gorgeous indulgence of a novel. Full of friendship, flirting and frocks. It's irresistible' Adele Parks Praise for The Stepmother's Support Group: 'Sometimes, a book can be such a brilliant idea you can't believe no one has done it before! Stepmothers, stepfathers, stepchildren: all will find amusement and comfort in its pages.' Nigella Lawson 'The narrative is well thought out with a great plot and likeable characters. Writing from the point of view of the Wicked Stepmother makes for an interesting and different read.' Daily Mail 'In this feisty female-support fiction, each of her group of five women -- Eve, Clare, Mel, Mandy and Chloe -- has her own way of managing the complexities of 21st-century family life -- living with the ghosts of dead wives, looking after the little ones, and nursing the big ones' egos.' Good Housekeeping "Baker charts the lives of four very different women, each embroiled in a family crisis, offering us a compelling, honest and moving view of motherhood, in all forms' Psychologies

Sam Baker grew up in Hampshire and after a degree in politics at Birmingham University became a journalist, going on to edit some of the UK's biggest magazines. For six years she was Editor in Chief of Red magazine, where she set up the Red Hot Women Awards recognising achievement across politics, science, tech, the arts, media and charity, as well as championing support for Refuge, the charity for victims of domestic abuse.In 2015 she co-founded and launched The Pool with Lauren Laverne, the online platform that makes inspiring and original content for busy women.Sam is married to the novelist Jon Courtenay Grimwood and lives in Winchester. When she’s not working or writing she escapes by devouring crime novels or watching box sets.

Praise for To My Best Friends: 'To My Best Friends is smart, poignant and real.' Heat 'I finally got round to reading the book (not for want of trying) and love it.' Lauren Laverne 'a warm, inspiring story about love, friendship and letting go.' Good Housekeeping 'an emotional, life-affirming novel about the power of female friendships.' Grazia 'There aren't many books that can make me properly sob, but this is one of them. Cleverly structured, To My Best Friends is a grown-up tale of love and loss that got me thinking about the complicated nature of female friendship, with all its joys and sorrows. Sam Baker's writing is humane and life-affirming' Jojo Moyes 'Sam Baker has written a glorious hymn to one of the strongest, yet most underestimated loves in life -- that of the woman for her girlfriends. You will love this book, I promise ' Allison Pearson 'really engaging and entertaining, a really good read' Jane Fallon 'A gorgeous indulgence of a novel. Full of friendship, flirting and frocks. It's irresistible' Adele Parks Praise for The Stepmother's Support Group: 'Sometimes, a book can be such a brilliant idea you can't believe no one has done it before! Stepmothers, stepfathers, stepchildren: all will find amusement and comfort in its pages.' Nigella Lawson 'The narrative is well thought out with a great plot and likeable characters. Writing from the point of view of the Wicked Stepmother makes for an interesting and different read.' Daily Mail 'In this feisty female-support fiction, each of her group of five women -- Eve, Clare, Mel, Mandy and Chloe -- has her own way of managing the complexities of 21st-century family life -- living with the ghosts of dead wives, looking after the little ones, and nursing the big ones' egos.' Good Housekeeping "Baker charts the lives of four very different women, each embroiled in a family crisis, offering us a compelling, honest and moving view of motherhood, in all forms' Psychologies