In her spellbinding, bestselling memoir, Not by Accident: Reconstructing a Careless Life, Samantha Dunn states that, “God touches us with a feather to get our attention. Then, if we don’t listen, He starts throwing bricks.” Her “brick”
arrived when her horse inadvertently trampled her, nearly cutting off her leg, severing bones, vital muscles, and veins. But the lesson of this story was not how to recover from a single accident. Rather, the accident illuminated Sam’s life as full of risk-taking and injury to both her body and her heart. Her physical recovery brought to her the opportunity to heal her psychic wounds and broken relationships along with her body. With resiliency, tenacity, and vulnerability, Dunn got back on the horse, literally and figuratively.

Samantha’s novel, Failing Paris, was a finalist for the PEN West Fiction Award in 2000. She is an essayist, journalist, executive editor, writing coach, and editor. Samantha lives in southern California with her husband, son, and a menagerie of horses, dogs, a goat, a cat, and one grumpy pet pig. 

Find out more at http://www.samanthadunnwriter.com/