Katherine Boo
Katherine Boo is an American investigative journalist known for her work documenting the lives of people in poverty. She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 2003 and previously worked as a reporter and editor for The Washington Post. Her reporting has earned her numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a National Magazine Award. Her first book, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity," won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2012.
Awards
['Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (2000)', 'MacArthur Fellowship (2002)', 'National Book Award for Nonfiction (2012)', 'National Magazine Award for Feature Writing (2004)', 'PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award (2013)', 'The Hillman Prize (2002)', 'Columbia Journalism Award (2012)', 'New York Public Library Lion Medal (2013)', 'New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award (2013)']
Notable Works
['Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity']
