Sam Llewellyn was born on Tresco, Isles of Scilly, where his ancestors lived for many years.^[1] He grew up in Norfolk. He attended Eton College and later St Catherine's College, Oxford.^[2] Llewellyn went on to live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Ireland, before settling in Herefordshire, England, where he still lives.^[3] Llewellyn has a deep love for the sea, and this has influenced much of his writing. He goes sailing regularly.

He was originally an editor and fine art dealer^[4] before becoming an author. He has become a prolific writer, and has written for both children and adults. He has also worked as a journalist with newspapers and magazines from both America and Britain.^[4]

He is a columnist for Practical Boat Owner, Hortus, Broad Sheep and the RYA website, and the owner and editor of The Marine Quarterly, a journal of the sea - 'The thinking sailor's sea journal' according to Tom Cunliffe.

Llewellyn is married to Canadian children's author Karen Wallace. They have two sons.^[3]

Novels for adults edit

• Gurney's Release (1979)
• Gurney's Revenge (1981) – a.k.a. Sea Devil
• Gurney's Reward (1981)
• Hell Bay, Arch, 1984, ISBN 0-947618-00-7
• Great Circle, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987, ISBN 0-297-79167-2 (a.k.a. Sea Story)
• The Shadow in the Sands, 1998, ISBN 0-7472-6005-2 (a "sequel" to the Erskine Childers novel "The Riddle of the Sands")
• The Sea Garden, 1999, ISBN 0-7472-6006-0
• The Iron Hotel, 2000, ISBN 0-7551-0009-3
• The Malpas Legacy, 2001, ISBN 0-7472-7276-X

Navarone series edit

(written as authorised sequels to the Alistair MacLean novels "The Guns of Navarone" and "Force 10 from Navarone"

• Storm Force from Navarone, HarperCollins, 1996
• Thunderbolt from Navarone, HarperCollins, 1998
• The four Navarone novels are published as an omnibus volume "The Complete Navarone", HarperCollins, 2008 (HB) & 2011 (PB) ISBN 978 000 7416950.

Sailing thrillers edit

(set in and around the fishing village of Pulteney)

• Dead Reckoning, 1987
• Blood Orange, 1988
• Death Roll, 1989
• Deadeye, 1990
• Blood Knot, 1991
• Riptide, 1992
• Clawhammer, 1993
• Maelstrom, 1994
• Black Fish, 2010
• Singlehand, 2019

Non fiction edit

• The Worst Journey in the Midlands, 1983
• Emperor Smith - the man who built Scilly
• The Minimum Boat, Adlard Coles Nautical, 2010
• Digging with the Duchess, 2018
• Digging Deeper with the Duchess, 2021

For children edit

Monsters of Lyonesse series edit

• Lyonesse:The Well Between The Worlds, Scholastic 2009
• Lyonesse:Dark Solstice, Scholastic 2010

Darlings series edit

• Little Darlings, Puffin, 2004, ISBN 0-14-131691-8
• Bad, Bad Darlings, Puffin Books, 2005, ISBN 0-14-131701-9
• Desperado Darlings, Puffin Books, 2006, ISBN 0-14-131981-X

Death Eric edit

• The Return of Death Eric, Puffin, 2005, ISBN 0-14-131853-8
• The Haunting of Death Eric, Puffin Books, 2006, ISBN 0-14-131984-4

Others edit

• The Magic Boathouse, Walker Books Ltd, 1994, ISBN 0-7445-2473-3
• The Rope School, Walker Books Ltd, 1995, ISBN 0-7445-3663-4
• Pig in the Middle, Walker Books Ltd, 1996, ISBN 0-7445-5217-6
• The Polecat Cafe, Walker Books Ltd, 1998, ISBN 0-7445-4157-3
• Nelson - the sailor who dared to win, Short Books, 2004, ISBN 1-904095-65-8
• Pegleg, ISBN 0-7551-0011-5
• Wonderdog

• Tresco