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.”
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.
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.
Bustle Book Club
Coco Mellors Embraces The Mess
Her latest novel captures the “sticky, messy, viscous-y love” shared by sisters.
Entertainment
Stassi Schroeder Is So Over Secrets
The former Vanderpump Rules star spent her 20s baring all for Bravo. Now, in her new book, she’s sharing the struggles the cameras didn’t see — and plotting her return to reality TV.
Life
The Totally Radical, Completely Normal Wisdom of Dating Guru Jillian Turecki
In a crowded field of relationship pros, Turecki’s chic aesthetic and soothing approach cut through the noise.
Bustle Book Club
Casey McQuiston Is A Method Writer — In A “Non-Douchebaggy Way”
The author of Red, White & Royal Blue and other beloved rom-coms returns with The Pairing.
I Love My Dog, But I Miss My Sex Life
From wet tongues to pleading eyes — four women get real about the havoc dogs wreak in the bedroom.
Extremely Online
The Art Of Hard-Launching A Friend Breakup
When apparent besties disappear from one another’s grids, followers demand an explanation.
Bustle Book Club
Reality TV Gets The Prestige Treatment In Emily Nussbaum's New Book
Cue the Sun! explores the cultural impact of the much-maligned genre.
Smell You Later
Meet The Sniffly Women Struggling Through Peak Fragrance
Perfume has never been more popular, and allergies have never been more common.
Bustle Book Club
To Write Her New Novel, Rufi Thorpe Dove Deep Into OnlyFans
Margo’s Got Money Troubles follows a new mom who earns a living through virtual sex work.
Stepping Out
Who Can Resist West Wilson?
His affable, in-on-the-joke sensibility has made him a breakout star of Bravo’s Summer House.
Entertainment
How To Get Laid, According To Luann De Lesseps
The Countess is one of the great daters of reality television. Can she help us through the sex recession?
Bustle Book Club
Honor Levy Doesn’t Want To Make You Angry
Though the author is known for stirring the pot, her debut approaches difficult subjects with empathy.
Curtain Call
'Merrily We Roll Along' Star Lindsay Mendez Takes Bustle Backstage
The actor was nominated for a Tony Award, as were co-stars Jonathan Groff and Daniel Radcliffe.
Bustle Exclusive
Paris Hilton Is Taking On The Troubled-Teen Industry
As a child, the heiress witnessed the industry’s horrors firsthand. Now, she’s fighting back.
Pura Vida
Why I’m Trading Coachella For W Presents
W Hotels’ global concert series pairs the fun of music festivals with the comfort of a swanky hotel.
The Hot Seat
Scheana Shay Doesn’t Care If You Don’t Like Her
The Vanderpump Rules star opens up about the show’s best and worst moments.
Paapa Essiedu Is A Classically Trained Charmer
In The Effect — Essiedu’s buzziest role since I May Destroy You — the British actor brought Shakespearean precision to a very messy romance.
Stepping Out
Dolly Alderton Gives It To You Straight
The Good Material author reveals her theories about love, friendship, and at-home martinis.
