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Sep 30, 2017 · Jason Fagone's biography of pioneering code-breaker Elizebeth Friedman — who, with her husband William, helped catch both smugglers and Nazis — is the story of a fascinating woman in perilous...
Jason Fagone is an American journalist and author. His work has appeared in GQ, [1] [2] Wired, Esquire, The Atlantic, New York, Grantland, The New York Times, and the Huffington Post Highline, among other outlets. In 2002, the Columbia Journalism Review named him one of "Ten Young Writers on the Rise". [3]
Jason Fagone. Hi. I write nonfiction stories and books. My latest book, The Woman Who Smashed Codes, is about Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a forgotten American hero. The hardcover was released in 2017 and the paperback in 2018.
Jun 26, 2017 · Early in the piece, Fagone writes: “We get names, places, anguished Facebook posts, wonky articles full of statistics on crime rates and risk, Twitter arguments about the Second Amendment—everything except the blood, the pictures of bodies torn by bullets. That part is concealed, sanitized.
Oct 9, 2017 · Journalist Jason Fagone has tapped into a little-known piece of history with his latest book, The Woman Who Smashed Codes.” Fagone’s book tells the story of Elizebeth Friedman, whose ability to crack codes in language and writings for the National Security Agency (NSA) during World War II made her an invaluable asset to the nation.
Oct 15, 2017 · In “The Woman Who Smashed Codes,” Jason Fagone recounts the stranger-than-fiction story of how the 23-year-old Smith was hired in 1916, along with other scholars, by an eccentric tycoon...
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I’m currently an investigative reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle. Before that I wrote for a number of magazines. Some of my stories are linked below, and you can also view my archive on Longform.org. Left in the Dirt. San Francisco Chronicle, November 2018; with Cynthia Dizikes. Working in a Wasteland.
