Samantha Garner © Susanna Kaapu

Photograph © Susanna Kaapu (hi-res)

Bio | 34 words

Samantha Garner is the author of The Quiet is Loud, shortlisted for the 2022 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. A Canadian of mixed Filipino-Finnish background, her character-driven fantasy novels explore themes of identity and belonging.

Bio | 72 words

Samantha Garner is the author of The Quiet is Loud, shortlisted for the 2022 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. A Canadian of mixed Filipino-Finnish background, her character-driven fantasy novels explore themes of identity and belonging. When not writing, Samantha can be found daydreaming in a video game or boring a loved one with the latest historical fact she’s learned.

She can be found online at samanthagarner.ca and on Instagram and Twitter at @samanthakgarner.

Bio | 95 words

Samantha Garner is the author of The Quiet is Loud, published by Invisible Publishing and shortlisted for the 2022 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. A Canadian of mixed Filipino-Finnish background, her character-driven fantasy novels explore themes of identity and belonging.

When not writing, Samantha can be found daydreaming in a video game or boring a loved one with the latest historical fact she’s learned. She’s also created several zines, and has been blogging since the Geocities glory days of the late ’90s. She can be found online at samanthagarner.ca and on Instagram and Twitter at @samanthakgarner.

Interviews, Etc.

Interviews related to The Quiet is Loud can be found here.


My agent is Kelvin Kong at K2 Literary. For media inquiries and review copies of The Quiet is Loud, please contact Invisible Publishing.