Fay Sampson - Author of Novels for Children and Adults and Non-Fiction

Welcome.

The earliest ancestor I have so far traced is Guillaume de Cahaignes, who left the village in Normandy of that name to fight with William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings.

There is a vivid account of how his son Sir William de Keynes (the anglicised form of the name) captured King Stephen at the Battle of Lincoln in 1141.

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I am the author of over 50 books: novels for children and adults, and non-fiction. They cover a wide range, with a particular love of fantasy and Celtic history. Even my contemporary crime novels have links to history and sacred places. I have been three times shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and have won the Barco de Vapor Award and the CRT Fiction Book of the Year. 50th Book Party

I am also a keen family historian. I am researching my own family history, mosty in Devon and Kent, and my husband Jack Priestley’s ancestors, mainly in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Some lines go back more than 30 generations, from paupers to lords of the manor. I even know the village in Normandy one of my ancestors came from.

Fay Sampson’s Family History | Jack Priestley’s Family History