Sam Lansky (born September 23, 1988)^[1] is an American journalist, author and editor. He has worked for Time magazine, New York magazine, The Atlantic, Esquire, Out, and Grantland.

After his parents divorced, he lived with his father in Manhattan and attended the Dwight School.^[1] He began using drugs when he was in his early teens. He was forcibly entered into a wilderness rehabilitation in Utah at 17^[2] and became sober when he was 19.^[3]

He enrolled in The New School and graduated with a degree in creative writing. He worked as a freelance music critic before joining the editorial staff of Time.^[1] At Time, he profiled Madonna, Nicki Minaj and Adele.

In 2016, he released his first book The Gilded Razor, a memoir of his troubled teenage years.^[4] On writing the book, he said, "I cleaned up my act and turned my life around when I was really young. Even though it’s crazy to be releasing a memoir at 27, having not lived that long, I’m writing about things that happened a full decade ago. It took me a while to feel like I had enough distance to tell the story in the way that I wanted to tell it, but I feel like I reached a point to look back on it, and be removed enough to do it justice."^[4]

Lansky's first novel, Broken People, was published by Hanover Square Press in 2020.^[5] In 2023, Lansky served as the ghostwriter for Britney Spears' memoir, The Woman in Me.^[6] He interviewed and profiled Taylor Swift for Time after she was picked as the Person of the Year by the magazine.^[7]

As of 2018^[update], Lansky lives in Los Angeles.^[8]

• The Gilded Razor (Gallery Books, 2016)
• Broken People (Hanover Square Press, 2020)
• The Woman in Me - Britney Spears (Gallery Books, 2023)