Sam Maggs, Author at The Mary Sue

Sam Maggs

Sam Maggs is a writer and televisioner, currently hailing from the Kingdom of the North (Toronto). Her first book, THE FANGIRL'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY will be out soon from Quirk Books. Sam’s parents saw Star Wars: A New Hope 24 times when it first came out, so none of this is really her fault.

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The Mary Sue Exclusive & Interview: Stēla’s Radical New Magical Girl Comic Chaos Arena: Crystal Fighters

Love reading comics but don't have the time to run down to your local? Stēla is a brand-new app that delivers awesome comics right to your mobile device - and one of the comics launching today is right up The Mary Sue's alley. In Crystal Fighters: Chaos Arena, we meet the toughest gang of video game magical girls ever - and I got to speak with the comic's creators, Tyler and Jen Bartel.

The Mary Sue Exclusive Cover Reveal: C. A. Higgins’ Feminist Sci-Fi Novel Lightless

C. A. Higgins' Lightless was released this fall and quickly became one of my favorite sci-fi books of all time. Written by a woman with a BA in Physics, the story follows Althea, a computer scientist aboard the most unique ship in the solar system - a ship that finds itself under attack from terrorists. Now, Lightless is coming out in paperback, and we have the exclusive cover reveal.

Interview: Marissa Meyer on Winter‘s Woman of Color Snow White & YA Representation

So many of us have fallen in love with Marissa Meyer's Lunar Chronicles series, a unique and empowering take on our favorite fairy tales. Today marks the release of the final book in the quadrilogy, Winter, and we spoke with Meyer about her WoC Snow White, representation in YA, and more.

The Mary Sue Exclusive Comic: All Our Hopes And Dreams For The ReBoot Reboot

ReBoot is coming back to TV, and a girl can dream, right?

Penny Dreadful Review: “And Hell Itself My Only Foe”

It's already the penultimate episode of Penny Dreadful season two (time flies when you're being chased by satanic witches!), and things are not going great for our lil' scooby gang.

Penny Dreadful Review: “Memento Mori”

Honestly, what just happened?

23 Games from E3 2015 with Badass Playable Female Characters

E3 2015 was one of the best years for playable female characters in recent memory - especially after the bleak, sad stubbly white dude landscape of 2014. This year's conferences gave us lady protagonists that were not only the traditional elves and clerics, but also engineers, astronauts, tanks, and more. Here are twenty-three games straight from E3 with kick-ass women we can't wait to play.

Things We Saw Today: Miles Morales Is the New Official Marvel Comics Universe Spider-Man

We don't know much about what's happening after Marvel's Secret Wars, but we do know that their main Spider-Man will no longer be Peter Parker - it's going to be Miles Morales. The comic will be drawn by Sara Pichelli, and written by Brian Michael Bendis, who told The New York Daily News, "Our message has to be it’s not Spider-Man with an asterisk, it’s the real Spider-Man for kids of color, for adults of color and everybody else." Now, if only the Cinematic Universe could keep up.

Prayer Circle for the Carol Corps: Kelly Sue DeConnick Is Leaving Captain Marvel

HeroesCon is taking place this weekend in Charlotte, but it brings with it some tragic news for fans of the current Carol Danvers: comics queen Kelly Sue DeConnick will be ending her run on the series after Marvel's Secret Wars event.

13 Father’s Day Cards For Your Favorite Video Game Dads

I got the gaming bug from my dad, who used to sit three-year-old me on his lap while he played Myst and Doom - which, in hindsight, may not have been the best plan, but hey. So what better way to celebrate Father's Day than with a collection of cards (lovingly made by myself and my fellow Weekend Editor, Becky Chambers) dedicated to our fave, most-devoted in-game dads?