Sam Lansky

Biography

Sam Lansky (born September 23, 1988) is an American journalist, author and screenwriter. Lansky was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. After his parents divorced, he lived with his father in Manhattan and attended the Dwight School. Lansky was forcibly entered into a wilderness rehabilitation in Utah at the age of seventeen. 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 s…