Jane Mayer
Investigative journalist and author
Jane Mayer is an American investigative journalist and a staff writer at The New Yorker. She wrote Dark Money, a 2016 book about the Koch brothers and conservative political fundraising.
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American Born 1955 in New York City, United States
About Jane Mayer
Jane Mayer has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1995. Her reporting there has covered money in politics, the prosecution of whistleblowers and the US Predator drone program. She is the author of three bestselling nonfiction books. Dark Money, published in 2016, investigates the Koch brothers and the history of conservative fundraising. Her book The Dark Side won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her magazine work has also earned the George Polk Award and the John Chancellor Award. Mayer lives in Washington, D.C.