Jane Mayer

Jane Mayer
Mayer in 2008
Born
Jane Meredith Mayer

1955 (age 6970)
New York City, U.S.
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 (born 1955) is an American investigative journalist who has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1995. 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; and Trump's financial backer, Robert Mercer. In 2016, Mayer's book Dark Money—in which she investigated the history of the conservative fundraising Koch brothers—was published to critical acclaim.