Sam Lansky
Writing
Biography
Sam Lansky (born September 23, 1988) is an American journalist, author and screenwriter. Lansky was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. After his parents divorced, he lived with his father in Manhattan and attended the Dwight School. Lansky was forcibly entered into a wilderness rehabilitation in Utah at the age of seventeen. Lansky studied at Vassar College and The New School, where he graduated with a degree in creative writing. Subsequently he worked as a freelance music critic, contributing to New York magazine, The Atlantic, Esquire, and Out, among others. Lansky joined the editorial staff of Time in 2014 and became their West Coast editor in 2018. He interviewed and profiled Taylor Swift for Time after she was picked as the Person of the Year in 2023. In 2016, he released his first book The Gilded Razor, a memoir of his troubled teenage years. Lansky's debut novel, Broken People, was published by Hanover Square Press in 2020. In 2023, it was reported that he was the ghostwriter of Britney Spears' memoir, The Woman in Me. Lansky was an executive producer of Tommy Dorfman’s directorial debut I Wish You All the Best (2024) and was a co-writer of the sequel I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Lansky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
When five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, they cover up their involvement and make a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, their past comes back to haunt them and they're forced to confront a horrifying truth: someone knows what they did last summer…and is hell-bent on revenge.
I Know What You Did Last Summer
A dethroned queen bee at a posh private high school strikes a secret deal with an unassuming new student to enact revenge on one another’s enemies.
Do Revenge
A non-binary teen is kicked out of their North Carolina home after coming out to their ultra-religious parents. As a result, they move in with their estranged sister and her husband. Though the two are welcoming, they continue to struggle with anxiety further exacerbated by their parents' rejection. As such, they try to keep a low profile at school. However, after they meet a proudly bisexual classmate, their life begins to look a little more hopeful.
I Wish You All the Best
Marvin Statler has lived above the lamp repair he owns for nearly all of his adult life – not even setting foot in the outside world in over 15 years. Suddenly forced to deal with delinquent taxes, and the possibility of having to sell his shop, he is confronted with the ghosts of his past when a family member enters his life (but is he who is says he is?). With the help of old flame Darlene and potential buyers of his shop, Marvin faces his past demons and begins his ‘second chance’ at life.