Deborah Vankin

Deborah Vankin is a Features Writer for the Los Angeles Times, covering the $4-Trillion world of Wellness. She was the Times’ arts reporter for over a decade, chronicling the city’s new museum boom and gallery expansion. She’s interviewed or profiled many of the leading artists of our time, including Mark Bradford, Catherine Opie, Takashi Murakami, Cindy Sherman, Ai Weiwei and many others. She’s also written about TV, film, comedy, books and nightlife for the paper and been a correspondent at the Oscars, Emmys and Golden Globes. Her work has won nearly two dozen local and national awards. In 2021, she was named a finalist for the Mayborn Literary Non-Fiction’s Best American Newspaper Narrative. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, LA Weekly and Variety, as well as in numerous book anthologies. She’s the author of the graphic novel, “Poseurs,” and teaches at Emerson College.