1Q1A Janny Scott: The Beneficiary
Good afternoon and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Janny Scott, author of The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, And The Story of My Father, published by Riverhead in April.
Janny is a journalist and the author of A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama\u2019s Mother. She was a reporter for the NYT and a member of the Times reporting team that won the Pulitzer Prize for the series \u201cHow Race Is Lived In America," and \u201cPortraits of Grief\u201d in the immediate aftermath of the World Trade Center.
You\u2019ve probably seen her on Colbert, or Today or Fresh Air with Terry Gross and lots more TV and radio programs, and we\u2019re happy to welcome her to this one. Hi Janny and welcome to the show.