Colson Whitehead
Novelist

Colson Whitehead Net Worth

Colson Whitehead is an American novelist born in New York on November 6, 1969. He is best known for his works such as The Underground Railroad, The Nickel Boys, and Zone One. He has won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. His net worth is estimated to be around $2 million. He is married and has two children. Whitehead's career has been marked by success and he continues to be a celebrated author.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day November 06, 1969
Birth Place New York
Age 53 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Scorpio

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Prolific novliest who earned the National Book Award for Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2017 for his 2016 work The Underground Railroad. He rose to fame for his 1999 debut novel The Intuitionist, which finished as a New York Times notable book.

He earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard University. His first job post-college was writing for The Village Voice.

His fifth book, the 2011 post-apocalyptic novel Zone One, earned a place on the New York Times best-sellers list. He received the coveted MacAurthur Fellowship in 2002.

He and his wife Julie share one child named Madeline.

His 2016 novel The Underground Railroad was chosen by Barack Obama as one of five books on his 2016 summer reading list.

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