Katherine Boo
Katherine Boo is an award-winning investigative journalist who has spent a large part of her career documenting the lives and journies of people living in poverty. Before starting work on Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Boo investigated communities in the United States, but after meeting and falling in love with her now-husband Sunil Khilnani, she became interested in the obstacles faced by people in his home country of India.
Boo grew up around Washington, D.C. and is an alumnus of Barnard...