✦ Sydney · Australia ✦
Samara Lo
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Samara Lo is an author from Sydney, Australia, weaving magical tales for adults and children alike.
She was shortlisted for the Penguin Literary Prize 2025 and is a recipient of the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Artist Grant 2026 and the CreateNSW Next Steps Writing Grant 24/25 — with residencies at Nan Tien Temple and Varuna House, and the Copyright Agency–WestWords Fellowship to her name.
She has judged the Aurealis Awards, the Living Stories Writing Prize and the Blacktown Mayoral Writing Prize. When the pages rest, she's with family — wandering somewhere new, or watching Studio Ghibli on a loop.
