Journalist Katherine Boo Wins the 2013 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism for 'Behind The Beautiful Forevers'
World-renowned journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo received The New York Public Library’s 2013 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism last night at a ceremony and reception at the Library’s landmark building. Boo, a staff writer for The New Yorker and former reporter and editor for The Washington Post, won the prestigious award for her beautifully-written Behind The Beautiful Forevers, which delves into life in the slums of Mumbai, India and has already won the National Book Award. Press Release
