About me
Samantha Kolber is the owner and publisher of Rootstock Publishing, a curated hybrid and traditional press in Montpelier, Vermont. She is the author of Birth of a Daughter (Kelsay Books, 2020), a 5-Star Readers’ Favorite and Poetry Winner in the 2023 San Francisco Book Festival. Her poems have appeared in Rattle, Rise Up Review, Hunger Mountain, and Minerva Rising, among other publications. She received her MFA in creative writing (fiction) from Goddard College, and completed a post-grad semester in poetry at the Solstice MFA Program at Pine Manor College. Previous jobs held are event & marketing coordinator at Bear Pond Books, associate director of sales & marketing at Tupelo Press, managing editor of Hunger Mountain at VCFA, and publications & communications manager at Goddard College. Her debut novel, Stolen, releases in December to coincide with her 50th birthday!
