Jane Mayer

Jane Mayer
Mayer in 2008
Born
Jane Meredith Mayer

1955 (age 68–69)
New York City, U.S.[1]
Alma materYale University (BA)
Occupation(s)Journalist, author
Spouse
William B. Hamilton
(m. 1992)
Children1
Parent(s)Meredith Nevins Meyer
William Mayer
FamilyAllan Nevins (grandfather)

Jane Meredith Mayer[2] (born 1955)[3][4] is an American investigative journalist who has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1995.[1] She has written for the publication about money in politics; government prosecution of whistleblowers; the United States Predator drone program; Donald Trump's ghostwriter, Tony Schwartz;[5] and Trump's financial backer, Robert Mercer.[6] In 2016, Mayer's book Dark Money—in which she investigated the history of the conservative fundraising Koch brothers—was published to critical acclaim.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Jane Mayer, Contributor, The New Yorker". New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  2. ^ "WEDDINGS; Jane M. Mayer, William Hamilton". The New York Times. September 27, 1992. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  3. ^ "Jane Mayer." The Writers Directory. Detroit: St. James Press, 2011. Gale Biography In Context, June 10, 2011.
  4. ^ Jane Mayer profile at Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale (2011).
  5. ^ Mayer, Jane (18 July 2016). "Donald Trump's Ghostwriter Tells All". The New Yorker. Retrieved 26 September 2017 – via www.newyorker.com.
  6. ^ "The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).