Stephanie Grace is a columnist and editorial director for The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, where she focuses on local, state and national politics.

Grace has been writing about Louisiana since 1994 and has covered more elections, hurricanes, and public corruption investigations than she can count. She is a contributing editor to the Brown Alumni Magazine and the co-host of a weekly politics talk show that airs on public radio stations in New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

She previously worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Los Angeles Times, and CBS News’ Election and Survey Unit. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Washington Spectator and other publications.

Grace is a native of Needham, Massachusetts and a graduate of Brown University and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She lives in New Orleans.