Sam Suss­man is the author of the USA Today best­selling nov­el Boy From the North Coun­try. The book was named Oprah’s most antic­i­pat­ed debut nov­el of the fall, hailed by Kirkus as ​“the most beau­ti­ful and mov­ing moth­er-son sto­ry in recent mem­o­ry,” and Sam was recent­ly pro­filed in the New York Times. Boy From the North Coun­try is based on Sam’s Harper’s Mag­a­zine mem­oir ​“The Silent Type: On (pos­si­bly) being Bob Dylan’s Son.” Sam grad­u­at­ed with a BA Swarth­more and M.Phil from Oxford and has lived in Jerusalem and Berlin. He lives in the Yorkville neigh­bor­hood of Man­hat­tan and his native Hud­son Valley.