College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Samantha Jade Macpherson

Adjunct Assistant Professor; 2020-21 IYWP Fellow
Education:
MFA
Office:
24 PH
Samantha Jade Macpherson is a writer from the Okanagan Valley, in Canada. Her work has been published in The Fiddlehead, The Malahat Review, Ricepaper Magazine, and The Journey Prize Anthology 31. Her story "Tattoo" was the winner of The Malahat Review's 2018 Novella Prize, as well as the Jack Hodgins Founders' Award for Fiction. She's been shortlisted for the 2019 Journey Prize. She holds a degree in creative writing from the University of Victoria, and an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She is currently at work on a collection of linked stories