Samuel Hawley

Samuel Hawley is a Canadian writer with BA and MA  degrees in history from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He was born and grew up in South Korea and taught English there and in Japan for many years. His books include THE IMJIN WAR, the definitive account in English of Japan’s 16th-century invasion of Korea and attempted conquest of China; SPEED DUEL, about the 1960s rivalry between Craig Breedlove and Art Arfons for the world land speed record; ULTIMATE SPEED, the authorized biography of land speed racing legend Craig Breedlove; and THE FIGHT THAT STARTED THE MOVIES: The World Heavyweight Championship, the Birth of Cinema and the First Feature Film. His next book, a novel called DAIKON, will be published by Simon & Schuster's Avid Reader Press imprint in July 2025. He lives with his wife in Istanbul, Turkey and is represented by literary agent Warren Frazier of John Hawkins & Associates in New York.

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