Sam Kestenbaum is a journalist covering religion in America.

The Revealer, in an interview, said: “He has a particular talent for telling stories about complicated people with a kind of lucid nuance.” Longreads calls Sam’s reporting “fascinating… gonzo and empathetic at the same time.”

The Society of Features Journalism says: “Deeply reported and well-written profiles of fascinating religious figures… they reveal as much about American spirituality as the individuals” and “eye-opening… the writing is razor-sharp, at times bitingly humorous but never condescending.”

The American Academy of Religion has said: “Kestenbaum’s writing is remarkably fluent and engaging; each article… makes a little-known dimension of modern religion vividly accessible.” Judges from the Religion News Association called Sam’s writing “smart, colorful and informed.”

Sam is from Maine. He lives in Los Angeles.