Prachi Gupta
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Prachi Gupta | |
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| Education | University of Pittsburgh (BA, 2009) |
| Occupations | Journalist, author |
| Notable work | They Called Us Exceptional (2023) |
Prachi Gupta is an American journalist and author. She has held staff positions at Salon, Cosmopolitan, and Jezebel, and her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and other publications.[1] Her debut memoir, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us, was published by Crown in 2023 and was longlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award.[1][2]
Gupta grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia in an Indian American family. Her father was a physician.[1] Gupta attended Moravian Academy.[3] She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2009 with degrees in English and finance.[4]
Gupta's younger brother, Yush Gupta, was a computer engineer who graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 2010 with a degree in electrical and computer engineering.[5] He interned at SpaceX, where he helped develop software for the Dragon spacecraft, and later served as chief technology officer of bitcoin company LibertyX.[5] In 2017, he died at age 29 from a blood clot following elective limb-lengthening surgery.[1] His death prompted Gupta to examine the pressures facing their family and became the basis for her essay "Stories About My Brother" and her subsequent memoir.[6]