LAWRENCE R. SAMUEL se yon entelektyèl endepandan ki baze nan Miami, ki gen yon doktora nan etid Ameriken e ki te yon bousye nan Smithsonian Institution. Li ekri sou blòg PsychologyToday.com, kote li resevwa plis pase de milyon vizit, e yo site l souvan nan medya yo. Pami liv li te pibliye anvan yo, nou jwenn The End of the Innocence: The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair (Syracuse University Press, 2007), Making Long Island: A History of Growth and the American Dream (The History Press, 2023), ak Queens: A History of the Most Diverse Place on Earth (SUNY Press, 2025). Dènye travay li se Making Miami (Pineapple Press).