Irin Carmon is a feature writer at New York magazine and the author of Unbearable: The Truth About Pregnancy in America, which was a finalist for the 2026 NYPL Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism. She speaks frequently across the country on gender, reproduction, and public affairs.

She is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling book Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The book was an inspiration for the Oscar-nominated documentary RBG.

Carmon’s New York magazine reporting and essays have twice been recognized with Front Page Awards from the Newswomen’s Club. Her reporting in The Washington Post on sexual harassment at Charlie Rose and CBS News in 2018 was honored with a Mirror Award from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and was a finalist for the Livingston Award.

Previously, Carmon worked at CNN as an on-air contributor and MSNBC as a national reporter, and as a staff writer at Salon and Jezebel. She lives in New York City with her husband, the author and professor Ari Richter, and their two daughters.