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Sam Sussman is the author of the debut novel Boy From the North Country, published by Penguin Press on September 16, 2025. The novel was reviewed by Kirkus as “the most beautiful and moving mother-son story in recent memory” and was an instant USA Today Bestseller. Sam previously won the BAFTA New Writing Award and wrote the Harper’s memoir, “The Silent Type: On (Possibly) Being Bob Dylan’s Son.”
Originally from the Hudson Valley, Sam has lived in Jerusalem, Berlin, and England. He graduated with a B.A from Swarthmore and M.Phil from Oxford. Sam has taught writing and literature seminars in the U.K, India, and Chile and participated in the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature three times. He lives in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan and his native Hudson Valley.
To learn more about Sam’s work:
Order Boy From the North Country in the United States, in the United Kingdom, or on Audiobook (read by Sam)
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Follow Sam on Insta: @sam__sussman
Speaking Engagements: Authors Unbound, Christie Hinrichs
Publicist: Christine Johnston, chjohnston@penguinrandomhouse.com
Agents: Peter Steinberg and Yona Levin at United Talent Agency (U.S.) and Cathryn Summerhayes at Curtis Brown (U.K.)
Film/TV: Olivia Fanaro, UTA
Other inquiries: sam.sussman.author@gmail.com
