Mark Chiusano

Mark Chiusano is a journalist and the author of The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos and the story collection Marine Park, an honorable mention for the PEN/Hemingway Award. His journalism has appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, The Drift, POLITICO, and many other outlets. A 2026 New America Fellow, he currently teaches English at CUNY City Tech and directs the Gig Economy Project at New York Law School, where he is a senior fellow. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and children.