Russ Rymer is a book author and freelance journalist with articles on the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, and others. His first book, Genie, a Scientific Tragedy, was a finalist for the National Book Critic's Circle Award and awarded with the Whiting Writer's Award. Rymer is also author of American Beach: a Saga of Race, Wealth, and Memory.

He is currently editor-in-chief of Mother Jones magazine.