Mallory Carra is an award-winning journalist, editor, and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. She is currently an Associate Content Writer at Spotify for Parcast Studios, writing and editing scripts for the platform’s original podcasts. Mallory freelanced for Parcast from 2017-2019 before joining the writing staff full-time in 2020.

Previously, she was at Bustle for over 5 years, working her way up from being a freelance writer to Contributing Entertainment Editor and, ultimately, Associate Entertainment Editor.

As a journalist and editor, Mallory has over 15 years of experience covering entertainment, celebrities, TV, food, lifestyle, e-commerce, real estate, sports, health, and academia. Mallory’s bylines have also appeared in E! News, Cosmopolitan, Teen Vogue, HuffPost, BuzzFeed, and the Columbia Journalism Review, among many others.

She began her journalism career in newspapers, working as a staff writer for the New York Daily News, The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Tennessee. Additionally, she was a copywriter on ad campaigns for Neutrogena, Toyota, and Guardian Life Insurance.

A native of New York City, Mallory has an M.F.A. in screenwriting from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and a B.A. in journalism from New York University. Additionally, she earned a certificate in business entrepreneurship at Santa Monica College and is currently studying toward one in marketing. In her spare time, Mallory enjoys painting, going on random Wikipedia deep dives, and taking sunset photos.