Sam Sussman is a writer whose work has been recognized by BAFTA and published 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 the U.K. He graduated with a B.A from Swarthmore and M.Phil from Oxford. Sam has taught fiction seminars in India, Chile, and the U.K and participated in the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature. He lives in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan.

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

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