Jenny Nordberg is a New York-based, Swedish journalist best known for her book '' The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan ('') published by Crown Publishing Group (New York, NY) in 2014.

Life

She has B.A. from

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in Law and Journalism and an M.A. from

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in Journalism in 2003. She is a foreign correspondent for Swedish newspaper

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. She is also a writer and producer of documentary films on topics such as nuclear proliferation in Pakistan, refugees in Iraq, and how the

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affected Europe.

Awards

* Winner of the 2015 J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') *

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2014 Authors' Favorite Book (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') *

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's Best Nonfiction Books of 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * A

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Best Book of 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * A Columbus Dispatch Best Book of 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * A

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Best Book of 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * A

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Best Book of 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * An FP Interrupted Best Book of 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * An IPI Global Observatory Recommended Book for 2015 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * A Truthdig Book of the Year, 2014 (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * Finalist for the Goodreads Choice Award, Nonfiction (for ''The Underground Girls of Kabul'') * Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Journalism, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, 2010, for television documentary of Afghan women * Investigative Reporters and Editors award * Foreningen Gravande Journalister award

References

External links

The Underground Girls of Kabul websiteTwitter accountPersonal webpage
Swedish journalists Living people Stockholm University alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{Sweden-journalist-stub