JEFFERY MARX

Journalist and Speaker

Jeffrey Marx is a native of Rye Brook, New York, and a graduate of Northwestern University. He was awarded the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles on cheating in college basketball. Since then, Marx has written six books, including the New York Times bestsellers Season of Life and The Long Snapper. He has also contributed to numerous publications including Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, Time, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Baltimore Sun. Marx is also co-founder and director of the Wendy Marx Foundation for Organ Donor Awareness. The foundation is named for his sister, a liver transplant recipient who parlayed her own health challenges into a powerful message of hope for others. Wendy died, at the age of 36, in 2003 and the Wendy Marx Foundation will always continue her important work.