Nicki Egan


Nicki Weisensee Egan is an award-winning newspaper and magazine investigative journalist turned author and podcast host. Her first book, CHASING COSBY: The Downfall of America’s Dad, detailed her 13 plus years covering the Bill Cosby drugging and assault case was made into a hit podcast that she hosted and executive produced. Her second book, VICTIM F: From Crime Victims to Suspects to Survivors, which she coauthored with the subjects of the book, comes out on June 8. Nicki has covered some of the nation’s biggest stories over her 30-year career. At PEOPLE magazine, where she was a senior writer, she covered crime and specialized in stories about ordinary people doing extraordinary things and getting exclusive interviews in high-profile cases. She earned a master’s degree in criminal justice from Temple University in Philadelphia while working full time for the Philadelphia Daily News, which is where she did the bulk of her groundbreaking reporting on the Cosby case.
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