Samantha Ellis is a British Iraqi Jewish playwright, screenwriter and non-fiction writer who grew up in London. Her plays include HOW TO DATE A FEMINIST which has produced internationally and translated into multiple languages, and is published by Nick Hern Books, along with CLING TO ME LIKE IVY and I’M STILL BURNING (part of Jermyn Street’s 15 Heroines series). She worked on both PADDINGTON and PADDINGTON 2. She also writes non-fiction books.