Age, Biography and Wiki
Katherine Boo was born on 12 August, 1964 in Washington, D.C., United States, is an American investigative journalist. Discover Katherine Boo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?
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Investigative Journalist |
| Age |
59 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
12 August, 1964 |
| Birthday |
12 August |
| Birthplace |
Washington, D.C., United States |
| Nationality |
United States
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She is a member of famous Journalist with the age 59 years old group.
Katherine Boo Height, Weight & Measurements
At 59 years old, Katherine Boo height not available right now. We will update Katherine Boo's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Katherine Boo's Husband?
Her husband is Sunil Khilnani
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| Husband |
Sunil Khilnani |
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Katherine Boo Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Katherine Boo worth at the age of 59 years old? Katherine Boo’s income source is mostly from being a successful Journalist. She is from United States. We have estimated Katherine Boo's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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| Source of Income |
Journalist |
Katherine Boo Social Network
Timeline
Katherine "Kate" J. Boo (born August 12, 1964) is an American investigative journalist who has documented the lives of people in poverty.
From there she went to The Washington Post, where she worked from 1993 to 2003, first as an editor of the Outlook section and then as an investigative reporter.
In 2000, The Washington Post received the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for Boo's 1999 series about group homes for intellectually disabled people.
The Pulitzer judges noted that her work "disclosed wretched neglect and abuse in the city's group homes for the intellectually disabled, which forced officials to acknowledge the conditions and begin reforms."
She has won the MacArthur "genius" award (2002) and the National Book Award for Nonfiction (2012), and her work earned the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for The Washington Post.
Another of Boo's New Yorker articles, "After Welfare", won the 2002 Sidney Hillman Award, which honors articles that advance the cause of social justice.
In 2002, Boo was a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
She won a MacArthur Fellowship in 2002.
She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine since 2003.
Her book Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity won nonfiction prizes from PEN, the Los Angeles Times Book Awards, the New York Public Library, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, in addition to the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
Boo grew up in and near Washington, D.C., and attended the College of William and Mary for two years before transferring to and graduating summa cum laude from Barnard College of Columbia University.
She is married to Sunil Khilnani, a professor of politics and history at Ashoka University, India.
Boo began her career in journalism with writing and editing positions at Washington's City Paper and then the Washington Monthly.
In 2003, she joined the staff of The New Yorker, to which she had been contributing since 2001.
One of her subsequent New Yorker articles, "The Marriage Cure," won the National Magazine Award for Feature Writing in 2004.
The article chronicled state-sponsored efforts to teach poor people in an Oklahoma community about marriage in hopes that such classes would help their students avoid or escape poverty.
She was also a fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin in 2010.
In 2012, Random House published Boo's first book, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, a non-fiction account of life in the Annawadi slums of Mumbai, India.
It won the annual National Book Award for Nonfiction on November 14, 2012.
In 2022, 2023, and 2024, Boo served as a judge for the American Mosaic Journalism Prize.
