Samantha Bruce-Benjamin is the author of The Art of Devotion, an Examiner and Bookreporter Best Book of 2010, and The Westhampton Leisure Hour and Supper Club. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, she holds a Master of Arts with Honors and a PhD in English Literature and Creative Writing from The University of Edinburgh. A former Random House and BBC literary editor, she divides her time between New York and Edinburgh.