Maggie Mertens is a journalist with bylines in places like The Atlantic, espnW, NPR, Deadspin, VICE, Teen Vogue, Howler, The Guardian, Glamour, The Cut, Refinery29, and Fast Company, among others. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from The New School, and was nominated for the 2021 Dan Jenkins Medal for Excellence in Sportswriting.