Sam Lansky

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Sam Lansky
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Born (1988-09-23) September 23, 1988 (age 36)
OccupationScreenwriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater The New School

Sam Lansky (born September 23, 1988) [1] is an American journalist, author and screenwriter.

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Early life

Lansky was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. After his parents divorced, he lived with his father in Manhattan and attended the Dwight School. [1] Lansky was forcibly entered into a wilderness rehabilitation in Utah at the age of seventeen. [2]

Career

Lansky studied at Vassar College and The New School, where he graduated with a degree in creative writing. Subsequently he worked as a freelance music critic, contributing to New York magazine, The Atlantic , Esquire , and Out , among others. Lansky joined the editorial staff of Time [1] in 2014 and became their West Coast editor in 2018. He interviewed and profiled Taylor Swift for Time after she was picked as the Person of the Year in 2023. [3]

In 2016, he released his first book The Gilded Razor, a memoir of his troubled teenage years. [4] Lansky's debut novel, Broken People, was published by Hanover Square Press in 2020. [5] In 2023, it was reported that he was the ghostwriter of Britney Spears' memoir, The Woman in Me . [6]

Lansky was an executive producer of Tommy Dorfman’s directorial debut I Wish You All the Best (2024) and was a co-writer of the sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025). [7]

Personal life

As of 2018, Lansky lives in Los Angeles. [8]

Bibliography

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 Connelly, Sherryl (January 14, 2016), "Time magazine culture editor Sam Lansky reveals his wild days in new memoir 'The Gilded Razor'". NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Gilded Razor A Memoir" Retrieved on January 10, 2018
  3. ↑ "Taylor Swift Is TIME's 2023 Person of the Year". TIME. December 6, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Chatting With Sam Lansky About His Already-Triumphant 2016" . Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Broken People". Book Marks. Literary Hub . Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Sam Lansky: the ghostwriter who helped bring Britney's troubled story to the page". The Independent. October 23, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  7. ↑ Gajewski, Ryan (May 16, 2024). "'I Know What You Did Last Summer' Reboot Lands Summer 2025 Release". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 3, 2025.
  8. ↑ Gardner, Chris (October 9, 2018). "Time West Coast Editor Sam Lansky Scores Publishing Deal for Debut Novel (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved June 9, 2020.

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