The daughter of Iraqi-Jewish refugees, Samantha Ellis is the author of the books Chopping Onions on My Heart: On Losing and Preserving Culture, How to be a Heroine and Take Courage and her plays include How to Date a Feminist, Cling to me Like Ivy and Operation Magic Carpet. Her journalism has appeared in the Guardian, TLS, Spectator, Literary Review and more. She worked on the first two Paddington films. She lives in London.
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