Sam Beckbessinger
Sam Beckbessinger is the bestselling author of Manage Your Money Like a Fucking Grownup (over 70 000 copies sold). Her interactive story about climate change, Survive the Century, was featured in New Scientist and Gizmodo, and she was one of the writers on Realm and Marvel’s Jessica Jones: Playing With Fire serialised novel. She teaches creative writing at Bath Spa University. She grew up on a farm near Durban, but now lives in London. (Picture: Jonathan Ball)
Manage your money like a f*cking grownup: an interview with Sam Beckbessinger
2026-09-21"Every rand that flows into your hands is a choice. Just make sure that you actually want the things you’re spending money on, and that you’re not just living out someone else’s script of adulthood."