Mary Pilon
Journalist and author
Mary Pilon is an American journalist and filmmaker who covers sports and business. She wrote the bestselling book The Monopolists.
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American Born 1986 in Eugene, United States
About Mary Pilon
Pilon was born in Eugene, Oregon. As a teenager she began reporting for the Register-Guard, the newspaper in her hometown. She later worked as a staff reporter on the sports desk at The New York Times and covered business and finance at The Wall Street Journal. Her articles have appeared in outlets such as The New Yorker, Bloomberg Businessweek, Esquire and Vice. Her books include The Monopolists (2015), The Kevin Show (2018) and Losers: Dispatches From the Other Side of the Scoreboard, which she co-edited with Louisa Thomas. The Monopolists and The Kevin Show have both been described as bestsellers. She also co-wrote and co-hosted Twisted, an audio series about Larry Nassar and the women involved in his downfall. She has taught a graduate course on investigative reporting at New York University's Carter Institute of Journalism.