A Texan, novelist, journalist, consultant, and editor, Messer’s work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, Slate, and The Daily Beast, as well as numerous Texas publications. She has also contributed editing and fact-checking work to New York Times-bestselling book projects; completed groundbreaking investigative reports on crime and politics; and written viral first-person essays. Before working for more than five years at The Daily Beast, she served as a local crime reporter for the The Waco Tribune-Herald, editorial assistant at a travel magazine and a legislative fellow for Texas Observer. She graduated from McGill University in Montreal. Send her an email: oliviamesser (at) protonmail (dot) com.
Olivia Messer 