Mirin Fader is a staff writer for The Ringer, writing long-form, human-interest features on all sports. She is the author of Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP. She’s also profiled some of the world’s best women athletes, too, including Breanna Stewart, Mikaela Shiffrin, Sabrina Ionescu, Coco Gauff, Liz Cambage and Mallory Pugh. Twice, Mirin has won first place in the U.S. Basketball Writer’s Association for Magazine-Length features (in 2020 for her Gigi Bryant profile, and in 2017 for her Mo’Ne Davis profile).
