Sam Sussman is a writer whose work has won the BAFTA New Writing Award and appeared in Harper’s. His debut novel, Boy From the North Country, will be published by Penguin Press in 2025.

Originally from the Hudson Valley, Sam has lived in Jerusalem, Berlin, and New York. He holds a B.A. from Swarthmore and M.Phil from Oxford. Sam has taught fiction seminars in India, South America, and the U.K. He was a Fellow at LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture at the 14th Street Y in New York and has participated in the PEN World Voices Festival.

Sam is represented by Peter Steinberg and Yona Levin at United Talent Agency in the U.S. and Cathryn Summerhayes at UTA in the U.K.

Contact: sussman.sam@gmail.com