John Branch (journalist)

Branch in 2015

John Branch is journalist and writer who currently works at the New York Times.

Career

He won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing and was a finalist in the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for his series titled "Punched Out" about the death of ice hockey player Derek Boogaard.

He authored a biography about Boogaard titled Boy on Ice: The Life and Death of Derek Boogaard which was released in 2014. It won the 2015 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Carolyn Kellogg (May 13, 2015). "PEN announces award-winners and shortlists". LA Times. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015 PEN Literary Award Winners". pen.org. Retrieved May 14, 2015.

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