Ayn & Sam are critically-acclaimed authors, ghostwriters and editors. Their own work and projects on behalf of authors and publishers has been praised by notable critics of The New York Times, Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, Elle, Kirkus Reviews, Good Reads, Esquire and by author Stephen King, as well as by editors at Harper Collins, Random House, Running Press and Penguin. They have helped writers of all ages find their voice, write their stories and make their literary dreams happen. In addition to their published books, they have written for Showtime, Fox and PBS.
Ayn is a graduate of Harvard University and UCLA and holds a Master of Fine Arts in screenwriting from UCLA Film School. Her poignant yet humorous non-fiction book Pornology was published in the U.S. (Running Press), the UK (Random House), Germany, and Asia. It was released as a feature film, entitled "A Nice Girl Like You," starring Lucy Hale, July 17, 2020 and was the number one romantic comedy on Appl for two months. Her columns, SexYLA, were recently optioned for adaptation to TV by CaliWood Pictures.
Sam holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from North Carolina. His scriptwriting has won the grand prize in Scriptapalooza, his first novel, Deep Winter (Penguin/Blue Rider Press), was critically-acclaimed by all major critics in the U.S. and France, described as "Beautifully written" by The New York Times, and reviewed by Esquire Magazine as "Enthralling...like a Michael Connelly or Lee Child novel but more literary." His second novel, The Guilt We Carry, was called The Breaking Bad of the Book World by NY Journal of Books. Sam is represented by literary agents at Zachary Schuster Harmsworth and his film rights are represented by Amy Schiffman.