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Abigail Pesta
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Freelance Journalist, Freelance
New York
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Biography
Abigail Pesta is an award-winning journalist and author who has lived and worked around the world, from London to Hong Kong. She is the author of THE GIRLS: AN ALL-AMERICAN TOWN, A PREDATORY DOCTOR, AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE GYMNASTS WHO BROUGHT HIM DOWN, which the Library Journal says "may be the most important sports title of the year." She is the coauthor of HOW DARE THE SUN RISE: MEMOIRS OF A WAR CHILD, which The New York Times calls "a gut-wrenching, poetic memoir." Her investigative and feature reporting has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, NBC News, The Atlantic, Glamour, New York Magazine, Marie Claire, Newsweek, and many others. Her work has been honored with five National Headliner Awards, two New York Press Club Awards, five Exceptional Merit in Media Awards, two Clarion Awards, four Front Page Awards, and many others. She is the former vice president of the Overseas Press Club of America.
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De Pere, Wisconsin, United States