Samantha Weinberg

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Samantha Weinberg is a British

podcaster. Educated at St Paul's Girls' School and Trinity College, Cambridge, she is the author of books such as A Fish Caught in Time: The Search for the Coelacanth and the James Bond inspired trilogy The Moneypenny Diaries under the alias Kate Westbrook. Since 2019, she has been a contributor to Tortoise Media. In 2023, she wrote and narrated Trace of Doubt, an eight-part true crime podcast series for Audible
.

Writing

In 1994 Weinberg wrote Last of the Pirates: in search of Bob Denard (

ISBN 0224033077) about French mercenary Bob Denard. In 1995, she spent three months travelling in the United States with Daisy Waugh.[1]

In 2003 she won the

ISBN 0241141362), about the murder of biotechnologist Helena Greenwood in California in 1985 and the pioneering use of DNA profiling
in tracing her killer 15 years later.

The Moneypenny Diaries

When Weinberg's agent, Gillon Aitken, was appointed the literary adviser to Ian Fleming Publications, she and Aitken pitched their idea for a series of James Bond novels centred on the character of Miss Moneypenny, M's personal secretary. The series, referred to as The Moneypenny Diaries, is a trilogy with three books and two short stories currently published under the alias of Moneypenny's editor, Kate Westbrook.

Politics

In 2010 Weinberg became the Green Party candidate for the new seat of Chippenham in Wiltshire, standing under her married name.[citation needed]

Personal life

Weinberg is married to filmmaker Mark Fletcher.[1] She currently resides in Wiltshire, England. She has two children.

References

  1. ^ a b Waugh, Daisy (28 March 2010). "She's a Green Party pin-up - nothing less". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 30 March 2010.

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