Sam Lansky

Sam Lansky is a journalist, author and editor at TIME magazine. He has written for New York Magazine, The Atlantic, Esquire, Out, and Grantland.

Early life
He came out at the age of 11.  After his parents divorced, he lived with his father in Manhattan and attended the Dwight School. He began using drugs when he was in his early teens. He was forcibly entered into a wilderness rehabilitation in Utah at 17 and became sober when he was 19.

Career
He enrolled in the New School and got a degree in creative writing. He worked as a freelance music critic before joining the editorial staff of TIME. 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:

Books
 The Gilded Razor (Gallery Books, 2016)

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Category:American film critics
Category:American magazine editors
Category:Time (magazine) people
Category:American male journalists
Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers
Category:Living people
Category:1988 births