Samantha Rose Emmy award-winning television producer and a New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling ghostwriter, and Author of Giving up the Ghost

OUT OF THE SHADOWS... An intimate conversation about finding peace amidst tragedy and grief. Giving Up the Ghost: A Daughter's Memoir Winner! Best Memoir, San Francisco Book Festival, 2025 Finalist! Story Circle Network, Gilda Prize, 2025 Finalist! Parenting & Family, American Book Fest, 2025 New York Times bestselling ghostwriter Samantha Rose steps out of the shadows to unravel the mystery surrounding her mother’s suicide. What begins as a solitary journey through grief takes an unexpected turn when her mother returns from the darkness beyond, determined to reconcile her irreversible choice. Raw, deeply revealing, and threaded with resilient humor, Giving Up the Ghost explores mental health, the enduring bond between mothers and daughters, and how, in the aftermath of profound loss, we can release our inner ghosts and write a new story for ourselves.   ABOUT SAMANTHA: Samantha Rose is an Emmy award-winning television producer and a New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling ghostwriter of nearly twenty titles, some selected as Reese’s Book Club and Target Bookmarked Picks. Her own memoir, Giving Up the Ghost, received the Women’s Book Award Gilda prize, won “Best Memoir” at the 2025 San Francisco Book Festival, and was a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book of the year. She is the principal of Yellow Sky Media, an editorial agency in Petaluma, California, where she lives with her son. Yellowskymedia.com IG: samantharose_writer   ABOUT THE HOST: Shawn Langwell is an Author, Speaker, Teacher and Gap Mindset Coach & Consultant. He has written several transformational books including, Beyond Recovery, Ten Seconds of Boldness and its companion workbook, Today’s The Day, Morning Motivation, and Chill. He’s also the Past President of The California Writers Club (CWC), Redwood Writers, Past President of Toastmasters of Petaluma. Find him at www.shawnlangwell.com. If you like the show, please follow and share, because sharing is caring and the world needs a lot more of it! Until next time... Dare to Be Great, Dare to Be You