Kim Samek

Kim Samek is the author of the forthcoming debut story collection I AM THE GHOST HERE, which will be published by Dial Press in 2026. Her fiction appears or is forthcoming in Catapult, Guernica, Ecotone, Southern Humanities Review, Gulf Coast, Electric Literature, swamp pink, North American Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, The Threepenny Review, STORY, and ZYZZYVA. A native of Seattle, she studied creative writing and German Literature at Stanford University. While in college, she worked for Sony Music. Shortly after, she moved to Los Angeles to work in television. She has written and/or produced many shows, with credits including MTV's Catfish, PBS' WordGirl, and Issa Rae's Sweet Life: Los Angeles for HBO Max. Her television writing has been nominated for an Emmy Award and her fiction has won a Pushcart Prize. She lives in Los Angeles.