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Samantha Weinberg | Author

Samantha Weinberg is a British novelist, journalist, and podcaster. She is the author of several acclaimed non-fiction works, including A Fish Caught in Time, and Pointing from the Grave, which won the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction for its compelling account of the groundbreaking use of DNA profiling in a 1985 murder case involving a biotechnologist.

In 2005, writing under the pseudonym Kate Westbrook, Weinberg became the first woman to author an official James Bond novel. The Moneypenny Diaries, a trilogy of novels and two short stories, reimagined the world of 007 through the eyes of Miss Moneypenny, M’s loyal secretary.

More recently, she has contributed to Tortoise Media and written and narrated Trace of Doubt, an eight-part true crime podcast series for Audible.