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.”

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

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