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.

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

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.

By Samantha Leach

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.

By Samantha Leach

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.

By Samantha Leach

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.

By Samantha Leach

Extremely Online

The Art Of Hard-Launching A Friend Breakup

When apparent besties disappear from one another’s grids, followers demand an explanation.

By Samantha Leach

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.

By Samantha Leach

Smell You Later

Meet The Sniffly Women Struggling Through Peak Fragrance

Perfume has never been more popular, and allergies have never been more common.

By Samantha Leach

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.

By Samantha Leach

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.

By Samantha Leach

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?

By Samantha Leach

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.

By Samantha Leach

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.

By Samantha Leach

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.

By Samantha Leach

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.

By Samantha Leach

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.

By Samantha Leach

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.

By Samantha Leach

Stepping Out

Dolly Alderton Gives It To You Straight

The Good Material author reveals her theories about love, friendship, and at-home martinis.

By Samantha Leach