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    Kim Samek

    Kim Samek is the O. Henry Prize-winning author of the debut story collection I Am The Ghost Here (The Dial Press, 2026). Her fiction has also won the Pushcart Prize and has been cited as a distinguished story in Best American Short Stories. Her stories appear in Zyzzyva, The Threepenny Review, Story, Guernica, and elsewhere. She works as a TV writer and producer, with credits including WordGirl and Catfish, and her writing has been nominated for an Emmy Award. A native of Seattle, she studied Creative Writing and German Literature at Stanford University. She lives in Los Angeles.
    I Am the Ghost Here
    I Am the Ghost Here
    Stories
    Kim Samek
    Hardcover
    Feb 24, 2026
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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    I Am the Ghost Here
    I Am the Ghost Here
    Stories
    Kim Samek
    Hardcover
    Feb 24, 2026
    Grades 9-12 + AP/IB

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