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Born | November 5, 1959 |
Occupation | journalist |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of New Hampshire |
Genre | non-fiction |
Kevin Sullivan (born November 5, 1959) is an American journalist and senior correspondent at the Washington Post Sullivan and his wife, Post journalist Mary Jordan, have written two books together, including The New York Times No. 1 Bestseller, Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland (with Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus). Sullivan was a Post foreign correspondent for 14 years, working with Jordan as the newspaper's co-bureau chiefs in Tokyo from 1995 to 1999, Mexico City from 2000 to 2005, and London from 2005 to 2009. He has also served as the Post's chief foreign correspondent, deputy foreign editor, and Sunday and Features Editor. Sullivan has also been a frequent commentator on television and radio, including as a regular guest on the BBC Television's Dateline London program. He and Jordan have also been featured authors at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Sullivan was raised in Brunswick, Maine and graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1981. After working for The Providence Journal in Rhode Island and the Gloucester Daily Times in Massachusetts, Sullivan joined the Post in 1991. At the Post, Sullivan has reported on six continents from more than 75 countries, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Cuba, Burma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone and Haiti.