Samantha Ladwig is a writer, regular book reviewer for BUST magazine, and the co-owner of Imprint Bookstore in Port Townsend, Washington. Her work has been published by New York magazine's The Cut and Vulture, Literary Hub, Vice, Real Simple, Bustle, Crimereads, and others. She holds an MA in Archives and Records Management - with a focus on moving image archives - from Western Washington University. Prior to owning a bookstore, she worked as a film cataloger at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

She also writes a newsletter about books and writing called Narrative Sea,