Lin Sampson

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{{Short description|South African journalist}}

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Lin Sampson is a South African journalist who was born in Sri Lanka and educated in England. She has lived all over the world and was the editor of The Athens News. She was most recently a regular columnist for the Sunday Times magazine LifeStyle.{{Cite web |title=(no title) |url=https://linsampson.wordpress.com/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=linsampson.wordpress.com |language=en}} Sampson has also been published by local magazines and titles outside South Africa such as The Independent, The Sunday Times and Tatler.[https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/boer-boor-bore-1238994.html Boer, boor, bore] The Independent. 13 September 1997 In 2005 she published Now You've Gone and Killed Me, a collection of columns dating back to 1982 and with a foreword written by Rian Malan.[http://www.oulitnet.co.za/reviews/killed_me.asp Sampson explores the gritty underbelly of society] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908145855/http://www.oulitnet.co.za/reviews/killed_me.asp |date= 8 September 2013 }} LitNet. 20 September 2005 Sampson is based in Cape Town.{{Cite web |last=Sampson |first=Lin |title=Lin Sampson, Author at Daily Friend |url=https://dailyfriend.co.za/author/lin-sampson/ |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=Daily Friend |language=en-US}}