Samantha Leach

Samantha Leach is the Associate Director, Special Projects for Bustle and NYLON. She writes cover stories, celebrity profiles, and cultural criticism. In her tenure at BDG, she’s interviewed everyone from Charlie Puth to Tina Brown.

Previously, the Pitzer College graduate spent three years on the features team at Glamour and severed as a production assistant on the Netflix documentary, Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold. Her work has also appeared in New York magazine, Harper’s BAZAAR, ELLE, as well as many other publications.

Her debut book, The Elissas, was published in June 2023 and was heralded by the New York Times as a, “Smart and gripping debut [in which] Leach refreshes a familiar heartbreak by weaving the stories of these three lost young women into a larger, more complicated and ultimately tragic narrative of a nation not so much losing the war on drugs as on a death march every bit as doomed as the last battles in Sparta.”

Bustle Book Club

That Friend Just Wrote An Audiobook

Sabrina Brier’s audiobook is inspired by her TikTok character.

By Samantha Leach

Travel

At W Hollywood, Everyone Can Be A 365 Party Girl

Whether you're a member of the fashion set or the literati.

By Samantha Leach

Entertainment

96 Hours At The Sundance Film Festival

Complete with a Real Housewives of Salt Lake City spotting, some premiere hopping, and far too much Entourage nostalgia.

By Samantha Leach

Entertainment

Noted Fashion Daddy

On social media, photographer and former America's Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker is embracing a different role: high-fashion wife guy.

By Samantha Leach

Entertainment

The Viall Family Values

Could Bachelor-star-turned-relationship-expert Nick Viall and his wife and co-host, Natalie Joy, actually be the perfect couple? They sure think so.

By Samantha Leach

Travel

How To Treat Your Vacation Like An Actual Vacation

After spending a few days at the Waldorf Astoria Los Cabos Pedregal, sleep tourism is the only type of travel I’m interested in.

By Samantha Leach

Bustle Book Club

Miranda July’s Year Of Perimenopausal Thinking

The author’s novel has been lighting up group chats since its release this spring.

By Samantha Leach

Books

'One Nightstand' with Pauline Chalamet

The Sex Lives of College Girls star talks embracing fantasy, her favorite New Yorker writer, and the one book she recommends to everyone.

By Samantha Leach

Girl Talk

The Best Gossip Spreads In Invisible Ink

An iMessage feature offers the illusion of discretion — and a dramatic flourish.

By Samantha Leach

Curtain Call

'Sunset Boulevard' Star Grace Hodgett Young Watches Reality TV Before Showtime

The actor loves British favorites like Made in Chelsea or The Only Way Is Essex, but now that she’s made her Broadway debut, she’s eager to give American offerings a try.

By Samantha Leach

Bustle Exclusive

Jordan Weiss’ Platonic Love Stories

The writer and director knows there’s more to relationships than romance.

By Samantha Leach

Wellness

Gillian Anderson Is Serving You Pleasure In A Bottle

The actor’s soft drinks line, G Spot, is the libido enhancer you’ve been waiting for.

By Samantha Leach

Bustle Book Club

Patrick Radden Keefe’s Hollywood Homecoming

The Say Nothing author had abandoned his screenwriting dreams — until producers expressed interest in adapting his books.

By Samantha Leach

Books

'One Nightstand' With Cat Cohen

“I'm always like, ‘What are the cool people doing?’ I want to read about their secret inner lives.”

By Samantha Leach

Books

'One Nightstand' With Jenny Slate

The Lifeform author is inspired by books about isolation, loneliness, and exile.

By Samantha Leach

Books

'One Nightstand' With Anna Marie Tendler

For the inaugural episode of Bustle's latest video series, the Men Have Called Her Crazy author reflects on her love of books that "spark conversation."

By Samantha Leach

TV & Movies

Grace Van Patten’s Relationship Is Only Toxic On-Screen

In Tell Me Lies, Van Patten and her real-life partner, Jackson White, play one of television’s most sadistic couples — and they’re having the time of their lives.

By Samantha Leach

Travel

The All-Inclusive Resort Is Back, Baby!

After spending a weekend at the Iberostar Selection Albufera Playa in Mallorca, Spain — the island where all-inclusive resorts originated — I’m a convert.

By Samantha Leach

Entertainment

Harry Lawtey Is All Heart

The star of Industry and Joker: Folie à Deux takes love stories seriously — even the f*cked up ones.

By Samantha Leach

Bustle Book Club

Coco Mellors Embraces The Mess

Her latest novel captures the “sticky, messy, viscous-y love” shared by sisters.

By Samantha Leach