Sammy Wright is a high school teacher and administrator. He was brought up in Scotland, worked in London for twelve years, and now lives in north England. He is a member of the Social Mobility Commission and is currently vice principal at the Southmoor Academy, a public school near Newcastle. His short stories have been published in a variety of anthologies and his novel Fit, which won the 2020 Northern Book Prize, is his first book-length publication.