Paul Beatty

Paul Beatty
Paul Beatty
	Beatty in 2016
Born	June 9, 1962; Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Brooklyn College (MFA); Boston University (MA);
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;
Spouse	Althea Wasow

Paul Beatty (born June 9, 1962) is an American author and professor of writing at Columbia University. In 2016, he won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout. It was the first time a writer from the United States was honored with the Man Booker.