Jessica Pressler (born 1977/78) is an American journalist and contributing editor atNew York. Her 2015 article "The Hustlers at Scores" was nominated for aNational Magazine Award and was later made into a feature film calledHustlers in 2019.[2] She also wrote a story aboutAnna Sorokin that was later developed into the mini-seriesInventing Anna released byNetflix in 2022.
In 2014, Pressler wrote a story about aStuyvesant High School senior who had allegedly made $72 million trading stocks,[9] which was later revealed to be not true.[10][11]Bloomberg News rescinded a job offer made to her for their investigative unit after the student confessed he had "made the whole thing up."[12][13]
In 2018, she wrote a story about New York City high society grifterAnna Sorokin,[20][4] which was developed into the mini-seriesInventing Anna byNetflix andShonda Rhimes.[21][22][23][24] Pressler's book,Bad Influence: Money, Lies, Power, and the World that Created Anna Delvey, was scheduled for publication in 2022, but as of 2024 has yet to have a release date.[25]
Pressler has also written forGQ,Elle,Esquire andSmithsonian.[4] She was a regularGossip Girl episode recap writer online forVulture, and later made a cameo appearance as aNew York editor in one of its episodes.[26][27]
^Kilgore, Ed (July 21, 2017)."Instead of a Reassuring Senior Communications Director, Trump Chose the Mooch".Intelligencer.We don't know their specific grounds for opposing the appointment, but one factor could be the Mooch's manifest lack of gravitas, as evidenced by this revealing glimpse of Scaramucci's view of Washington provided in January by Jessica Pressler: (excerpt of article)
^Pressler's contributions toBest Business Writing editions: "Jessica Pressler (New York) delves into the personal and professional rivalry between Tory and Christopher Burch, former spouses now competing to dominate the fashion world."
^Ramos, Dino-Ray (February 16, 2016)."Adam McKay And Will Ferrell Snap Up Rights To 'The Hustlers at Scores'". The Tracking Board. RetrievedSeptember 18, 2019.The Big Short writer-director Adam McKay is preparing to take on the underbelly of financial intrigue from a slightly different angle. Sources confirm that McKay and partner Will Ferrell have picked up the film rights to Jessica Pressler's New York Magazine article, THE HUSTLERS AT SCORES, McKay, Ferrell, and Jessica Elbaum will produce under their Gloria Sanchez Productions.
