Author. Writer. Storyteller.
Samantha Greene Woodruff is the author of two #1 Amazon bestselling historical fiction novels, The Lobotomist’s Wife(2002) and The Trade Off (2024). Sam has a BA in history from Wesleyan University and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business. She spent fifteen years at Viacom’s Nickelodeon before leaving to parent her two young children.
After studying in the continuing education program at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, Woodruff completed her first novel, The Lobotomist’s Wife, which was an Amazon First Reads pick. The Trade Off was a Zibby Award winner as Best Book for the History Lover, the Jewish Book Council’s January 2025 book club pick for fiction, and a finalist for She Reads Best Historical Fiction of 2024. Sam’s writing has appeared in Newsweek, Writer’s Digest, Female First, LitHub, Writer’s Read and more. Sam contributed an essay “Jew-ish” about her conflicted relationship with her Judaism to the USA Today bestselling anthology On Being Jewish Now (2024) edited by Zibby Owens.
Sam lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with her husband, two teenagers, two dogs and a small reptile zoo. When not acting as a chauffeur, short order cook or writing, she can be found at the yoga studio, on a long walk with a friend, corralling anyone who is willing to join her in karaoke or simply singing in her car. For more information you can follow her @samgwoodruffauthor on Facebook, Instagram and Threads.