Helene Cooper

ABOUT HELENE COOPER

Liberian-born American journalist who worked as a White House correspondent for the New York Times.

She once served as the New York Times' diplomatic correspondent in Washington, D.C.

She once published the memoir, The House at Sugar Beach, which was about the Liberian coup of 1980.

Her parents raised her in Monrovia, Liberia before coming to the United States.

She and Joe Klein both worked for The New York Times during their lengthy careers.