David Samuels Writer, Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife, Salary, and Net Worth

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David Samuels is a popular American non-fiction and fiction writer who works as a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine. Previously, David served as a longtime contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine, and a contributor to The Atlantic, N+1 plus at The New Yorker, and as the literary editor of Tablet.

David Samuels Age

David was born in 1967, in Brooklyn, New York, in the United States. He is 55 years old.

David Samuels Height

He is a man of above-average stature. David stands at a height of 5 ft 11 in ( Approx1.78 m).

David Samuels Family

He was born in 1967, in Brooklyn, New York, in the United States to his caring and loving parents. He likes to keep his personal life under low key thus David has not mentioned any details concerning either his parents or if he has siblings.

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David Samuels Wife

David is happily married to his lovely wife Virginia Heffernan. The pair married in 2003. David and his wife Virginia have three children namely Ben, Susannah, and Elijah.

David Samuels Education

After completing his primary and high school education, David attended Harvard College. Later on, in 1989, David graduated earning a BA in history from Harvard College, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Lampoon. He became a Mellon Fellow in the Humanities at Princeton University, where David earned a master’s degree in history in 1993.

David Samuels Writer

He served as a Contributing Editor at Harper’s Magazine from 1996 to 2018 and has written more than a dozen long features for The New Yorker. David’s reports have also been featured on the reports of The Atlantic and the New York Times Magazine. His tenure hearkens back to the New Journalism of the 1960s—a blend of first-person observation, detailed reporting, as well as careful attention to language.

David’s long profile of Yasir Arafat for The Atlantic in September 2005 became a finalist for the National Magazine Award in reporting and became named one of the three most important articles of the year by the columnist David Brooks in The New York Times.

His enclosing profile of White House speechwriter and deputy National Security advisor Ben Rhodes, published in the May 8, 2016 issue of The New York Times Magazine investigates the use of traditional narrative techniques in the making and selling of American foreign policy in the age of social media. This article set alight firestorm in the digital press, which became harshly condemned in the article by both Rhodes and Samuels, leading to an unusual response by Samuels to his critics in the pages of the Times titled “Through the Looking Glass With Ben Rhodes.”

He wrote a highly personal account of an encounter on August 20, 2019, with the musician Neil Young in The New York Times Magazine in which the writer described David’s youngest son’s struggle with a sensory processing disorder.

David Samuels Salary

He earns a satisfying amount from his work as a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine. David’s average salary is $73,147 per year.

David Samuels Net Worth

David gets his wealth from his work as a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine. Therefore, David has accumulated a decent fortune over the years of his work. David’s estimated net worth is $766,447.

Is David Samuels Married

Yes. David is happily married to his lovely wife Virginia Heffernan. The pair married in 2003. David and his wife Virginia have three children namely Ben, Susannah, and Elijah.

Who Is David Samuels

He is a non-fiction and fiction writer who works as a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine. Initially, David served as a longtime contributing editor at Harper’s Magazine, and a contributor to The Atlantic, N+1.

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