Samantha Lee Cook Samantha Lee Cook i(A115347 works by) (a.k.a. Samantha Cook; Sam Cook)
Born: Established: Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Nyikina
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BiographyHistory

Samantha Cook's family comes from an area near Broome. Cook has worked for Magabala Books for over five years, as their designer. In 1999, Cook 'assumed a position on the ArtsWA Aboriginal funding assessment panel' (Tweedie, P., Indigenous Australia: Standing Strong, Simon & Schuster, 2001, p. 30).

Initially appointed as the company's Marketing Manager, Sam Cook was Executive Producer of Australia's leading Aboriginal theatre company - Yirra Yaakin,from 2003, resigning in March 2009.

She has been instrumental in the creation of an international Indigenous alliance called Honouring Theatre, a tri-nation initiative with sister companies Taki Rua (NZ) and Native Earth (Canada) working together to bring indigenous theatre to the world.

In 2011, Sam joined Tracker as a regular with her KISSmyBLAKarts column.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

Aces, Deuces, Kings and Queens 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Ora Nui : Special Edition : A Collection of Maori and Aboriginal Literature (p. 37-39)

'I learnt to count by playing cards. I never really thought about it until I kept calling ones aces and got laughed at. ...'

2010 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards Unpublished Indigenous Writer : David Unaipon Award
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