Samantha Allen is the author of Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States (Little, Brown, 2019), which was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. A GLAAD Award-winning journalist, Samantha has been published by outlets including the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and CNN. Her other books include Love & Estrogen (Amazon Original Stories, 2018) and M to (WT)F (Audible Originals, 2020). Patricia Wants to Cuddle is her debut novel.