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Samuel Thawley

Samuel Thawley is a gold medal–winning olive oil producer based in Umbria, Italy (https://sambucaro.com). He has written three novels and is now at work crafting two biographies. Outside of writing, he is an avid dancer and enthusiastic Japanese taiko drummer. He is also a top-rated Workaway host for international travellers (https://www.workaway.info/en/host/714653755328). Samuel’s books draw deeply from his lived experience—his grandfather’s career in the Church, his mother’s childhood in Tasmania, and his own decades spent travelling widely and building communities through events, social clubs, and hosting. For over forty years he has brought together people of all ages and backgrounds, finding creative energy in the diversity of their lives and stories. In one year, post-Covid, he hosted two thousand visitor-nights, cooking over two hundred varied dishes a month. His most unusual brush with fame was becoming the eponymous inspiration for a character and storyline in Downton Abbey (https://downtonabbey.fandom.com/wiki/Samuel_Thawley). As an author, Samuel aims to craft stories that feel real and contemporary. He is interested in how people’s identity—their psychology, character, and complexity—drive their stories. “On another note, I really can’t tell you how much I adored Sam’s writing. I will read anything he writes. For me, The Gospel Engine inspires learning and Tasmania Bella inspires questioning.”

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