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.”
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.
Girl Talk
The Best Gossip Spreads In Invisible Ink
An iMessage feature offers the illusion of discretion — and a dramatic flourish.
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.
Bustle Exclusive
Jordan Weiss’ Platonic Love Stories
The writer and director knows there’s more to relationships than romance.
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.
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.
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.”
Books
'One Nightstand' With Jenny Slate
The Lifeform author is inspired by books about isolation, loneliness, and exile.
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."
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.
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.