Jonathan Green is an English author and investigative journalist specialising in narrative non-fiction. He is the author of two books ''Murder in the High Himalaya'' (2010) and ''Sex Money Murder'' (2018).

Life and career

Green grew up on the family pig farm at

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, near

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; when he was 14 the family sold the farm settling in

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. He attended boarding school at

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, until age 18, but was unhappy with his education there and vowed to become a journalist after he graduated. Years later he would return to school and in 2015 obtained a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from

Goucher College Goucher College ( ') is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Towson, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1885 as a Nonsectarian, nonsecterian Women's colleges in the United States, ...

. Green's writing career began at age 18, when he worked for the '' Suffolk Free Press'' as an investigative journalist. He did freelance work for a few years, then attended the

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. He then got a break as an investigative feature writer at ''

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'' in London. Since then, Green has written for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Garden and Gun'', '' Town and Country'', the ''Sunday Times Magazine'', ''

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'', ''Fast Company'', ''

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'', '' GQ'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', among others. He has reported in Sudan, Brazil, Kazakhstan, South Africa, China, Colombia, Ukraine, Borneo and the ice fields of Alaska among many other places. Green's first book, ''Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet'' (2010) is about the Nangpa La shootings. It is based on his article in ''

'' called "Murder at 19,000 Feet". ''Murder in the High Himalaya'' won the Banff Mountain Book Competition in the Mountain and Wilderness Category (2011). It also won the

American Society of Journalists and Authors The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) was founded in 1948 as the Society of Magazine Writers, and is the professional association of independent nonfiction writers in the United States. History The organization was established in ...

"Outstanding Non Fiction Book of the Year" (2011). The book is endorsed by the

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and actor

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. Green's second book, ''Sex Money Murder: A Story of Crack, Blood and Betrayal'' (2018) chronicles the story of the infamous Bronx gang Sex Money Murder through inside access to gangsters and the federal agents, police officers and prosecutors who took them down. Author Jill Leovy reviewing in ''

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'' said that the book is "exceptionally authentic". As of March 2019, a TV show based on the book was in development by rapper and producer

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along with producer Nicole Rocklin.

Awards

*2011

, Outstanding Non-Fiction Book Award, ''Murder in the High Himalaya'' *2011 Banff Mountain Book Competition, Mountain and Wilderness Literature category, ''Murder in the High Himalaya''

Notes

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Jonathan Living people Alumni of the London College of Communication People educated at St Joseph's College, Ipswich English journalists English non-fiction writers Goucher College alumni People from Babergh District Writers from Bury St Edmunds Writers from Suffolk Year of birth missing (living people)