Marie Brenner — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Writer-at-Large for Vanity Fair, a role she returned to in 1995.
Author of 'The Desperate Hours: One Hospital's Fight to Save A City on the Pandemic's Front Lines' (since 2022).
Her 1996 Vanity Fair article 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' inspired the 1999 film *The Insider*.
Her 1997 Vanity Fair article 'American Tragedy: The Ballad of Richard Jewell' partially inspired the 2019 film *Richard Jewell*.
Her article 'Marie Colvin's Private War' was adapted into the film *A Private War*.
Taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
Earned an M.A. from New York University Film School.

Biography

Marie Brenner is an American author and investigative journalist, widely recognized for her work as a writer-at-large for Vanity Fair. She has also contributed to publications such as New York, The New Yorker, and the Boston Herald. Brenner has shared her expertise by teaching at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Throughout her career, Brenner has penned several influential articles that have been adapted into major motion pictures.