Institute of Politics

Nancy French is a six-time New York Times bestselling author whose collaborations span politics, pop culture, sports, faith, and human rights. She has worked with figures ranging from U.S. senators and governors to Olympic athletes, The Bachelor’s Sean Lowe, and advocates like Kim Kardashian. Her latest book, Ghosted (2024), was featured on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and named the 2025 Christian Memoir of the Year. As an investigative journalist, she led a three-year probe into abuse at Kanakuk that made the front page of USA TODAY, inspired an Emmy-winning VICE News project, and is now becoming a limited series. Her reporting has earned state and national awards and been cited by The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and others. She is a frequent national speaker and a storyteller for The Moth.