Polly Samson Lyricist and Author, Biography
Polly Samson is a British author and lyricist. Born in London on 29th April 1962, she grew up in a creative and artistic family and was exposed to literature, music, and poetry from an early age. This early exposure to the arts helped shape her interests and led her to pursue a career in writing. Brief Timeline In the seventies the family moved first to Cornwall, then Devon. A solitary child, Polly began writing and illustrating stories and poems from an early age. Eventually, after many attempts, a story about a lonely badger won a Blue Peter badge. It was the high point of her childhood. There were few high points at school and she was eventually asked to leave the sixth form of Newton Abbot Grammar School after which she spent a year working as a telex operator for a clay company. At eighteen she moved to London and...