Mirin Fader
Senior Writer at The Athletic
- Role
- Senior Writer at The Athletic
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mirin Fader
Mirin Fader is a senior writer for The Athletic. She is the New York Times best-selling author of \"Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA Champion, which came out in August 2021. Her newest book, “DREAM: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon,” was released in October 2024. She wrote for Bleacher Report from 2017 to 2020. Her work has been honored by the Pro Writers Basketball Association, the Associated Press Sports Editors, the U.S. Writers Basketball Association, the Football Writers Association of America, and the Los Angeles Press Club. She was named a Top Women in Media in the \"Up and Comer\" category in 2019, and her work has been featured in the \"Best American Sports Writing\" series. Fader has profiled some of the NBA\'s biggest stars, including Giannis Antetokounmpo, Ja Morant, Brandon Ingram, and LaMelo Ball, but she focuses more on the person rather than the player. Her approach is that she writes about people who happen to play sports, telling the backstories that shape some of our most complex, most dominant, m••••••••@gmail.com
Experience
Senior Writer
Oct 2025 — Present
Education
Occidental College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English and Comparative Literary Studies
2010 — 2013
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