Molly Ball

Molly Ball is Time magazine’s national political correspondent and a frequent television and radio commentator. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Pelosi, a biography of the first woman Speaker of the House. Prior to joining Time, Ball covered U.S. politics for The Atlantic, Politico and the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She has received numerous awards for her political coverage, including the Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress, the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency and the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting. A graduate of Yale University, Ball won $100,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 2007. She grew up in Idaho and Colorado and lives in the Washington, DC, area with her husband and three children.