Stephanie Mencimer

Stephanie Mencimer is a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. Her first book, Blocking the Courthouse Door has just been released.

Previously she worked as an investigative reporter at the Washington Post, a senior writer at the Washington City Paper and a staff writer for Legal Times. She has written for the New York Times, New Republic, Legal Affairs, American Propsect, Mother Jones and other national publications. In 2004, she was nominated for a National Magazine Award in the public service category for her Washington Monthly article on medical malpractice politics, and in 2000, won the Harry Chapin media award for reporting on hunger and poverty.

Stephanie was born and raised in Ogden, Utah. She graduated from the University of Oregon journalism school in 1990.