Biography:
David Samuels is editor and co-founder of County Highway. He had a long career as a staff and contract writer for The New Yorker, Harper’s, The Atlantic, The New York Times Magazine, The Point, and other magazines, on subjects including dog tracks, music festivals, blimp pilots, serial impostors, jewel thieves, pigeon racing, and the art of bringing down large buildings with explosives. He also reported on wars in the Balkans and the Middle East, where he learned the importance of gun safety. He is currently restoring a gold 1985 Porsche 924 that he bought off a guy who found it in a barn. He is married to Alana Newhouse, County Highway’s Classifieds Editor.