Jonathan Allen
Official Panelist
2025 Participant · Just Announced! · Non-Fiction · Journalism

Jonathan is a three-time New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist. A senior national political reporter for NBC News, he is a former Washington bureau chief for Bloomberg News and White House bureau chief for POLITICO. Jon is a past winner of the Dirksen and Hume awards for his coverage of Congress.
His latest book with co-author Amie Parnes, "FIGHT: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House," debuted at No. 1 on the Times list in April 2024. Their collaboration on "Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign" hit the top spot in 2017. Allen and Parnes are also the co-authors of "HRC," a bestseller, and "Lucky."
Jon was born in Silver Spring, Md., and lives on Capitol Hill in Washington with his wife and their two children. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland.
Book Title(s)
- FIGHT: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House