David Samuels (writer)

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David Samuels
Born	David Samuels Brooklyn, New York
Occupation	Non-fiction writer, journalist
Nationality	American
Period	1967–present
Notable works	Only Love Can Break Your Heart (2008) The Runner (2008)
Children	Ben, Susannah, and Elijah

David Samuels (born 1967) is an American non-fiction and fiction writer. He is the editor of County Highway, a magazine in the form of a 19th-century American broadsheet which he founded with Walter Kirn.^[1] He is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, a longtime contributing editor at Harper's Magazine; a contributor to The Atlantic,^[2] N+1,^[3] The New Yorker^[4] and other magazines; and the literary editor of Tablet.^[5]