Summary
Sam Beckbessinger is a multidisciplinary writer and storyteller whose decade-plus career bridges novels, TV, games, and fintech product strategy. Her work ranges from bestselling personal finance guides and children's picture books to award-winning climate-fiction games and an upcoming feminist horror novel, FEMME FERAL, already optioned for television. She combines creative writing credentials (MA with distinction) and teaching as an Associate Lecturer at Bath Spa University with hands-on product leadership—co-founding fintech ventures and launching consumer finance apps and SA’s first stablecoin. Sam’s scripts have aired on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, she’s written for Marvel, and her interactive game Survive the Century attracted coverage in New Scientist and Gizmodo. A Mandela Washington Fellow who once high-fived Barack Obama, she mentors emerging voices and advises financial brands on how to speak to real people about money.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts - MA, Creative Writing, Distinction, Master of Arts - MA, Creative Writing, Distinction at University of Cape Town
Mastering Strategy Design, Business Strategy, Mastering Strategy Design, Business Strategy at Gordon Institute of Business Science
Matric, Matric at Crawford College Pretoria
Higher Education, PGCert, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration, Higher Education, PGCert, Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Bath Spa University
Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, Leadership in Business and Entrepreneurship, Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, Leadership in Business and Entrepreneurship at Yale University