Christopher Goffard Biography
Christopher Goffard is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and podcaster from the United States. He is a Los Angeles Times staff writer and a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First Novel.
Christopher Goffard Age
He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Christopher Goffard Family
Attempts to establish the identities of his family, her mother, and his father were in vain since no information about them is available to the public. It’s therefore not known whether he has any siblings.
Christopher Goffard Wife
Goffard is confidential when it comes to matters concerning his personal life. He has not yet shared his relationship or marital status with the public.
Christopher Goffard Career
His career began with The St. Petersburg Times, where he covered city hall, law enforcement, and court beats. “The $40 lawyer” was Goffard’s last story for the St. Petersburg Times.[7] Goffard joined the Los Angeles Times as a staff writer in January 2006. Snitch Jacket, his first crime fiction, was a nominee for the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best First fiction in 2008. In 2011, he published his second non-fiction book, You Will See Fire: A Search For Justice In Kenya (2012). Goffard’s two-part series sparked the first Los Angeles Times ebook, A Nightmare Made Real. In October 2017, Goffard also began his podcast Dirty John, which was eventually converted into a TV series of the same name.
Goffard was part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting team that wrote “How Bell Hit Bottom” in 2010. Goffard was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for feature writing in 2007. In 2010, he was a member of an investigative reporting team covering the abuse of public funds by city officials in Bell, California. In 2011, the Los Angeles Times was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service. In 2014, Goffard’s story “The Manhunt For Christopher Dorner” earned him another Pulitzer Prize nomination for feature writing.The story “How Bell Hit Bottom” also received the George Polk Award for local reporting, the Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting, and the American Society of News Editors Distinguished Writing Award for Local Accountability Reporting.
Christopher Goffard Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 500 thousand dollars.