Paul beatty biography

Quick facts for kids Paul Beatty
Beatty in 2016
Born	(1962-06-09) June 9, 1962 (age 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education
Genre	Fiction, poetry
Years active	1990s–present
Notable works	The White Boy Shuffle (1996) The Sellout (2015)
Notable awards	2015 National Book Critics Circle Award 2016 Man Booker Prize

Paul Beatty (born June 9, 1962) is an American author and an associate professor of writing at Columbia University.

In 2016, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout. It was the first time a writer from the United States was honored with the Man Booker.

Early life and education

Paul Beatty was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1962.

He graduated in 1980 from El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California. Beatty received an MFA degree in creative writing from Brooklyn College and an MA degree in psychology from Boston Unive