Karen Heller

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A columnist and feature writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer, where she has been on staff since 1986. A finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer in commentary, she has won numerous awards for investigative reporting, feature writing and criticism from the Associated Press, National Education Writers Association and Keystone Press awards. Prior to the Inquirer, Heller worked at USAToday, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, the Washington Star and Chicago magazine.

Karen Heller has interviewed Philip Roth and Zsa Zsa Gabor, spent time with Pink and the Philadelphia Orchestra, the celebrated and the exemplary unsung. She's covered Miss America and political conventions. She's been a provocative voice at The Inquirer for nearly 20 years, garnering awards for criticism, feature writing and investigative reporting, and was a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in commentary.

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