12 Facts About Kati Marton

Kati Marton was born on April 3,1949 and is a Hungarian-American author and journalist.

Kati Marton's career has included reporting for ABC News as a foreign correspondent and National Public Radio, where she started as a production assistant in 1971, as well as print journalism and writing a number of books.

Kati Marton is a former chairwoman of the International Women's Health Coalition, and a director of the Committee to Protect Journalists and other bodies including the International Rescue Committee, Human Rights Watch, and the New America Foundation.

Marton was born in Budapest, Hungary, the daughter of UPI reporter Ilona Marton and award-winning Associated Press reporter Endre Marton.

Kati Marton's parents survived the Holocaust of World War II but never spoke about it.

The family fled Hungary following the revolution and settled in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where Kati Marton attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.

Kati Marton studied at Wells College, Aurora, New York, the Sorbonne and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris.

Kati Marton was first married to Carroll Wetzel, a retired international investment banker from Philadelphia, in the early 1970s.

Kati Marton frequently traveled with Holbrooke during his diplomatic missions in the former Yugoslavia, and in the Middle East.

Kati Marton wrote about their love, and recovering from his death in her 2012 memoir Paris: A Love Story.

Kati Marton is a recipient of The International Center in New York's Award of Excellence.

Kati Marton's book, Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America, was an autobiography finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2009.