Mary_Jordan_(journalist)

Mary Catherine Jordan (born November 10, 1960) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, best-selling author and National Correspondent for the Washington Post.
For 14 years she was a foreign correspondent and she has written from nearly 40 countries. With her husband, Washington Post journalist Kevin Sullivan, Jordan ran the newspaper's bureaus in Tokyo, Mexico City and London. Jordan also was the founding editor and head of content for Washington Post Live, which organizes political debates, conferences and news events for the media company.
Jordan frequently appears on TV. She wrote the bestselling 2020 book, “The Art of Her Deal,” the unauthorized biography of Melania Trump. With Sullivan, she also wrote Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland, which was a No. 1 New York Times bestseller in 2015. Hope is written with Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, two of the women who were kidnapped and held for a decade in Cleveland, Jordan's hometown.
Jordan also interviews some of the world's most accomplished people for the popular “What it Takes” podcast created by the American Academy of Achievement. Among those she has spoken with as part of this podcast series, include music legends Julie Andrews, Itzhak Perlman, Peter Gabriel, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Page and Judy Collins. She has also interviewed former president Jimmy Carter, former Secretary of State General Colin Powell, actor Michael Caine, baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr., Nobel Prize-winning scientist Jennifer Doudna, and acclaimed novelist Ian McEwan.