Suleika Jaouad Bio | Wiki
Suleika Jaouad is an American author, advocate, and motivational speaker. She authored the “Life, Interrupted” column in The New York Times and has also written for Vogue, Glamour, NPR’s All Things Considered, and Women’s Health. Suleika’s 2021 memoir Between Two Kingdoms was a New York Times Best Seller.
In 2011, she was diagnosed with cancer and doctors said she had only a 35% chance of surviving in the long run. She survived and has written and spoken extensively about her medical experiences. Her Emmy Award-winning column, “Life, Interrupted” was part of the New York Times Well blog.
Suleika travels around the U.S. teaching writing and wellness workshops and she speaks at high schools, universities, corporations, hospitals, fund-raisers, and professional events. She has been featured on NPR’s Talk of the Nation, NBC’s Weekend Today, CBS News, The Paris Review, the Los Angeles Times, and Darling Magazine, among others. Her TED Talk titled “What almost dying taught me about living” was released in June 2019.
Suleika Jaouad Age
Suleika was born on July 5, 1988, in New York, New York, United States. She is 33 years old.
Suleika Jaouad Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Suleika Jaouad Parents | Family
She was born and raised in New York City by her mother Anne Francey and her father. Suleika has a brother who was her bone marrow donor. He serves as a grade four teacher in New York. Her father is Tunisian and her other is Swiss. She holds an American nationality and belongs to mixed ethnicity.
Suleika Jaouad Husband | Jon Batiste
Suileka is married to her longtime boyfriend Jon Batiste. The couple celebrated their wedding in February 2022 after dating for seven years since 2014. Suleika received the news of her wedding in April 2020 in an interview with CBS News Sunday Morning. They shared their vows a day before her Bone Marrow Transplant.
Jon is a singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader, and television personality. He has recorded and performed with artists in various genres of music.
Suleika Jaouad Education
She completed double bass from The Juilliard Scholl’s precollege program. Later, Suileka enrolled at Princeton University and received a bachelor’s degree in Arts with honors in 2010. Subsequently, she earned her Master’s degree in Fine Arts in writing and literature.
Suleika Jaouad Life, Interrupted
She is the author of the “Life, Interrupted” column in The New York Times. The column was part of the New York Times Well blog. Suileka chronicled her experiences as a young adult with cancer on a weekly basis. She wrote she first met Batiste as a teenager in band camp.
Suleika Jaouad Between Two Kingdoms
Suileka’s memoir Between Two Kingdoms was a New York Times Best Seller. It was published on February 9, 2021. It is a searing, deeply moving memoir of illness and recovery that traces her journey from diagnosis to remission to re-entry into “normal” life.
Suleika Jaouad Illness
In 2011, after graduating from college, Suileka was diagnosed with cancer and doctors said she had only a 35% chance of surviving in the long run. It started with an itch—first on her feet, then up her legs. Next came the exhaustion, and the six-hour naps that only deepened her fatigue. Then a trip to the doctor and a diagnosis: leukemia.
She survived and has written and spoken extensively about her medical experiences. In early 2022 her cancer came back and she had to undergo a bone marrow transplant. Suileka received the bone marrow and her brother was her donor. Her Emmy Award-winning column, “Life, Interrupted” was part of the New York Times Well blog.
Suleika Jaouad Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Suleika’s estimated net worth is $987,670.
Who Is Suleika Jaouad
Suleika is an American author, advocate, and motivational speaker. She authored the “Life, Interrupted” column in The New York Times and has also written for Vogue, Glamour, NPR’s All Things Considered, and Women’s Health. Suleika’s 2021 memoir Between Two Kingdoms was a New York Times Best Seller.