Samantha ROTHMANN
Artiste




Bio
1989
Born in Burgundy, near Dijon.
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2000
Writes her first work, Memoirs of a Spectacled Snake, inspired by her atypical school experience.
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2011
Graduates with an engineering degree from INSA Centre-Val de Loire in Blois.
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2013
Works as an R&D engineer in the metallurgy sector.
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2021
Publishes her first novel, Memoirs of a Spectacled Snake, an autobiographical account of bullying experienced by high-achieving students.
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2022
Launches her career as an independent author.
Publishes Alphan, a historical novel shortlisted for the 2022 R.C.F. Middle School Grand Prize.
Publishes the children’s comic The Great Migration.
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2023
Publishes the Théodule the Cat’s Tricks collection for very young readers.
Publishes the poetry collection Fantasmania.
Publishes the children’s horror series Say Your Prayer.
Releases Alphan in English under the title The Legend of the Oak Tree.
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2024
Wins First Prize at the Nuits-Saint-Georges Short Story Competition for the unpublished story The Little Secretary.
Publishes the short story collection Injustices.
Publishes a new illustrated edition of La Fontaine’s Fables.
Publishes the children’s album Mouchka, the Little Wind Turbine (in collaboration with R. Viel).
Various other publications.
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2025
Publishes the illustrated tale Océanonox – The Aquatic Journey.
Publishes the second volume of the Say Your Prayer series.
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2026
Releases her first album, Instrumental Music, entirely composed, arranged, and produced by herself.
Publishes the historical novel Checkmate in Treblinka.
