Sam Leith | |
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| Born | 1 January 1974 Paddington, London, England |
| Occupation | Journalist, columnist, novelist |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Period | 1996–present |
| Parents | Penny Junor James Leith |
| Relatives | Prue Leith (aunt) [1] Danny Kruger (cousin) |
Sam Leith (born 1 January 1974) is an English author, journalist and literary editor of The Spectator .
After an education at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, Leith worked at the revived satirical magazine Punch , before moving to the Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph , [2] where he served as literary editor until 2008. He now writes for several publications, including the Financial Times , Prospect , The Spectator , The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Guardian . [3] He had a regular column in the Monday edition of the London Evening Standard . [4] and appeared as a panelist on BBC Two's The Review Show . [5]
Leith has published several works of non-fiction, including Dead Pets, Sod's Law, You Talkin' to Me? and a book of poetry entitled Our Times in Rhymes: A Prosodical Chronicle of Our Damnable Age [6] The Coincidence Engine, [7] his first novel, was published in April 2011. He was a judge on the panel of the 2015 Man Booker Prize, won by Marlon James with A Brief History of Seven Killings . In November 2016, Leith was named the winner of the Columnist of the Year award at The Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards. [8]
Leith succeeded Mark Amory as literary editor of The Spectator in September 2014, [9] where he described himself as "this magazine’s token wishy-washy centre-left liberal". [10] Since January 2024, he has written a monthly Spectator column on computer gaming. [11]
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