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Colson Whitehead Net Worth: How Rich is the Novelist Actually?

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July 12, 2021

Colson Whitehead is an American novelist. He is the two-time Pulitzer-winner and author of seven novels. Whitehead is best known for his Pulitzer award-winning novels “The Underground Railroad”, and “The Nickel Boys”. As of 2022, Colson Whitehead net worth is estimated to be around $3 million.

Full Name	Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead
Birth Date	November 6, 1969
Birth Place	New York City, New York, U. S.
Profession	Novelist
Wife	Julie Barer
Net Worth	$3 million

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Early life

Colson Whitehead was born on the 6th of November, 1969 in New York City, New York, United States. He spent his childhood days in Manhattan. Colson was born to successful entrepreneur parents, who were the owner of an executive recruiting firm. He was earlier known as Arch, and Chipp before switching his name to Colson.

Regarding his education detail, he has studied at the elite prep Trinity School based in Manhattan. Later, he attended Harvard University from where he earned his graduate degree in 1991. Colson, and the American poet, Kevin Young has studied in the same college.

Colson Whitehead Net Worth & Career

Soon after completing his college graduation, Colson took over a writing job at the news and culture paper, The Village Voice. He started drafting his first novel while serving at the Voice. In 1999, he published his speculative fiction novel “The Intuitionist”. His debut novel was named the best first novel of the year by Esquire magazine.

Colson came up with his second book “John Henry Days” in 2001. He kept on spending more time writing another full-length book, and after two years, he delivered another book “The Colossus of New York”. To date, he has published seven books, which includes his 2011 published novel Zone One, which earned him the New York Times Bestseller. Likewise, he received a National Book Award for Fiction for his 2016 book “The Underground Railroad”.

Apart from publishing fictional novels, he has also worked on non-fiction essays and reviews. His essays and reviews have been published in numerous publications such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Granta. In 2015, he wrote a column on language for The New York Times Magazine.

Colson’s 2016 novel “The Underground Railroad” was one of the five books chosen by former President Barack Obama. For his excellent writing work, his novel received the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He came up with his new novel titled “The Nickel Boys” in July 2019. The novel earned him the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. After winning the Pulitzer second time, he became the fourth writer in history who won the prize twice.

Colson will be publishing his eighth novel “Harlem Shuffle” on September 14, 2021. He had started writing his eighth novel before he wrote his seventh novel. His upcoming eighth novel is a work of crime fiction that took place in Harlem during the 1960s. He had finished writing bite-sized chunks of the novel while he stayed in quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Colson Whitehead Personal Life

Colson Whitehead is married to a literary agent, Julie Barer. He shares two children with his wife. Colson has recently appeared on CBS News’ 60 Minutes, where he shared an insight story on his writing process, and the space of very little hope he got in himself while writing his two Pulitzer award-winning novels “The Underground Railroad”, and “The Nickel Boys”.