Katya Cengel
American author and journalist (born 1976)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Katya Danielle Cengel (born 1976) is an American author and journalist.
Katya Cengel | |
|---|---|
Cengel in 2020 | |
| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, San Diego |
| Occupations | Author and journalist |
| Writing career | |
| Notable work | From Chernobyl with Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union |
| Website | katyacengel |
Early life
Cengel was born in Oakland, California. In 1998, she earned a bachelor's degree in Literature Writing from UC San Diego.[citation needed]
Career
In 1998, Cengel was working as a features writer for The Baltic Times newspaper in Riga, Latvia.[1] Later, Cengel was a general assignment reporter for the Kyiv Post.[2] She also reported regularly for the San Francisco Chronicle[3] and BBC World Service.[4] Cengel described her Central European life and work in her 2019 book From Chernobyl With Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union for which she won the IPPY[5] and Foreword INDIE awards.[6]
Returning to the United States, Cengel joined the Louisville Courier-Journal as a general assignment features reporter.[7] Her series on the families of the Lost Boys of Sudan received second place feature writing from the Society of Professional Journalists 2005 Green Eyeshade Award.[8]
Cengel teaches journalism at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo[9] and UC Berkeley Extension. [citation needed]
Bibliography
- Bluegrass Baseball: A Year In The Minor League Life (2012) Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. Review[10]
- Exiled: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to California and Back (2018) Lincoln, Nebraska: Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9781640120341 Review[11]
- From Chernobyl With Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union (2019). Lincoln, Nebraska: Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9781640122048 Review[12]
