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Sam Beckbessinger is the author of the bestselling Manage Your Money Like a Fucking Grownup and the novel Girls of Little Hope (co-authored with Dale Halvorsen). Her interactive story about climate change, Survive the Century, was featured in New Scientist and Gizmodo. She teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University, writes kids' TV and picture books, once wrote for Marvel, and is weirdly obsessed with spreadsheets. Her perimenopausal werewolf novel Femme Feral is coming in summer 2026. She grew up on a farm near Durban with a pet donkey named Mr Magoo, but now lives in London. ...more

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	Manage Your Money like a F*cking Grownup: The Best Money Advice You Never Got 4.35 avg rating — 1,126 ratings — published 2020 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Femme Feral 3.51 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — published 2026 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girls of Little Hope by Sam Beckbessinger (Goodreads Author), Dale Halvorsen (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 858 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manage Your Money Like a Grownup: The Best Money Advice for Teens 3.98 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moving to the UK: A Concise Guide for South Africans by Sam Beckbessinger (Goodreads Author), Anja Venter (Illustrator) 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Survive the Century: A Cli-fi Story of Choice and Consequences by Sam Beckbessinger (Goodreads Author), Christopher Trisos, Simon Nicholson 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hippo Wants to Dance by Sam Beckbessinger (Goodreads Author), Megan Andrews (Illustrator), Marisa Steyn (Designer) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Tame a Monster by Sam Beckbessinger (Goodreads Author), Wilna Combrinck (Designer), Anja Venter (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Manage Your Money Like a F*cking Grown-Up, The Psychology of Money Mindset & Happy Money 3 Books Collection Set by Sam Beckbessinger (Goodreads Author), N. Gosain, Ken Honda 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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