Stephanie Clifford

Stephanie Clifford is an award-winning investigative journalist and bestselling novelist.

As a New York Times reporter for almost a decade, she covered courts, business, and media. She now writes long-form investigations about criminal justice and business for the Times, The New Yorker, The Economist, The Atlantic, Wired, Elle, Marie Claire, Bloomberg Businessweek, and other publications. Her accolades include the Loeb Award in investigative reporting; the Deborah Howell Award for Writing Excellence from the News Leaders Association; the Society of American Business Editors and Writers in explanatory reporting; the Deadline Club Award in Magazine Profiles; and others. Her magazine articles are frequently adapted for film, TV and streaming, including for Netflix, Lifetime and other media companies.

Everybody Rise, her first book, was a New York Times bestseller and editors’ choice. Her second book, The Farewell Tour, will be published in March 2023 by Harper. She grew up in Seattle and lives in Brooklyn with her family.