Sam Sussman

Sam Sussman is the author of the debut novel Boy From the North Country, published by Penguin Press on September 16, 2025. Sam previously won the BAFTA New Writing Award and wrote the Harper’s memoir, “The Silent Type: On (Possibly) Being Bob Dylan’s Son.”

Kirkus Reviews calls Boy From the North Country “the most beautiful and moving mother-son story in recent memory.”

Originally from the Hudson Valley, Sam has lived in Jerusalem, Berlin, and the U.K. He graduated with a B.A from Swarthmore and M.Phil from Oxford. Sam has taught writing and literature seminars in the U.K, India, and Chile and participated in the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature three times. He lives in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan and his native Hudson Valley.