Brooke Magnanti is a famous Physician Writer, born on November 5, 1975 in United States. As of June 1, 2023, Brooke Magnanti’s net worth is $5 Million. Born in the United States to an Italian American father and Jewish American mother, Magnanti was born and grew up in Clearwater, Florida. She graduated from the private Clearwater Central Catholic High School where she was named a National Merit Scholar in 1992.
| Parents | Susan Levy, Paul Magnanti |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Nick Wilding |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Biography
Magnanti’s pseudonym was derived from the 1928 novel Belle de jour by Joseph Kessel and the 1967 film of the same name starring Catherine Deneuve, directed by Luis Buñuel. In the film, “Belle de Jour” is an expression translating literally as “daytime beauty”, as Deneuve’s character frequented the brothel during the daytime, when her husband was absent from home. The expression is a pun on the French phrase “belle de nuit”, which translates as “lady of the night”, i.e. a prostitute. She had previously been a science blogger using her real name and started blogging about sex work under a pseudonym. Diary of a London Call Girl was voted Blog of the Year by The Guardian newspaper in 2003. Awards judge Bruce Sterling called it “Archly transgressive, anonymous hooker is definitely manipulating the blog medium, word by word, sentence by sentence far more effectively than any of her competitors … She is in a league by herself as a blogger.” Shortly after receiving the award she signed with literary agency Conville and Walsh who negotiated a publishing deal with Weidenfeld & Nicolson..
She entered university at the age of 16, going on to receive a B.S. in 1996 from Florida State University. Relocating to the United Kingdom, Magnanti studied for a master’s degree in genetic epidemiology and Ph.D. in forensic science from the University of Sheffield in England.
Magnanti worked for 14 months as a £300-an-hour prostitute called Taro for a London escort agency from 2003, after submitting her PhD thesis. She did so due to lack of funds before her viva voce at the University of Sheffield in 2003 and is estimated to have earned more than £100,000 in that period.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
Many peoples want to know what is Brooke Magnanti ethnicity, nationality, Ancestry & Race? Let's check it out! As per public resource, IMDb & Wikipedia, Brooke Magnanti's ethnicity is Not Known. We will update Brooke Magnanti's religion & political views in this article. Please check the article again after few days.According to The Guardian a fellow British blogger guessed her identity in 2003 but kept it secret. He made a page on his blog containing the googlewhack of Belle de Jour and Brooke Magnanti that allowed him to see if anyone googled the two names. In 2009 he identified IP addresses originating from Associated Newspapers that had accessed the page at which point he contacted Magnanti to alert her. Around the same time tabloid reporters had been escorted from the hospital where she worked for breaking into her office.
Brooke Magnanti Net Worth
Brooke is one of the richest Physician Writer & listed on most popular Physician Writer. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brooke Magnanti's net worth $5 Million.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Physician Writer |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Brooke Magnanti (born 5 November 1975) is an American-born naturalised British former research scientist, blogger, and writer, who, until her identity was revealed in November 2009, was known by the pen name Belle de Jour. While completing her doctoral studies, between 2003 and 2004, Magnanti supplemented her income by working as a London call girl known by the working name Taro.
According to The Guardian a fellow British blogger guessed her identity in 2003 but kept it secret. He made a page on his blog containing the googlewhack of Belle de Jour and Brooke Magnanti that allowed him to see if anyone googled the two names. In 2009 he identified IP addresses originating from Associated Newspapers that had accessed the page at which point he contacted Magnanti to alert her. Around the same time tabloid reporters had been escorted from the hospital where she worked for breaking into her office.
The weblog Belle de Jour: Diary of a London call girl first appeared in October 2003 and won the Guardian newspaper’s Best British Weblog 2003, in the second year of the award’s existence. There was speculation in the media for several years as to the real identity of the author, whether Belle really was a call girl. Guesses as to who Belle was ranged from Rowan Pelling to Toby Young according to The Telegraph. In 2004 The Sunday Times featured a front-page headline incorrectly identifying Sarah Champion as the author of the blog based on erroneous textual analysis by Donald Foster.
From November 2005 until May 2006, Magnanti contributed a regular column in The Sunday Telegraph. Since her identity had been revealed she has written about UK libel laws and their effect on science for The Guardian’ s website Comment Is Free.
Brooke Magnanti Husband
According to our records, Brooke Magnanti married to Nick Wilding. As of January 12, 2023, Brooke Magnanti’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Brooke Magnanti. You may help us to build the dating records for Brooke Magnanti!In 2007 Belle’s blogs and books were adapted into a television programme, Secret Diary of a Call Girl starring Billie Piper as Belle, with the real name Hannah Baxter. In November 2009, fearing her real identity was about to come out, Magnanti revealed her real name and occupation as a child health scientist.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Brooke Magnanti's height Not available right now. Brooke weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
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Facts & Trivia
Brooke Ranked on the list of most popular Physician Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous Physician Writer born in United States. Brooke Magnanti celebrates birthday on November 5 of every year.
A television series loosely based on the first book was in development with Channel 4 in the UK, but eventually aired on ITV2 as Secret Diary of a Call Girl. The first series aired from 27 September 2007 to 15 November 2007 starring Billie Piper as Hannah Baxter (Belle), and later shown in the US on Showtime. Magnanti met Piper in the course of preparing for the role but maintained her pseudonymity. A half-hour TV programme covering a meeting and conversation between the two was broadcast on ITV2 on 25 January 2010. The second series commenced broadcasting in the UK on ITV2 on 11 September 2008.
On 15 November 2009, The Sunday Times revealed in an interview that the author’s real name is Brooke Magnanti, who was 34 years of age at the time. The Guardian’ s Paul Gallagher described it as the revelation of “one of the best kept literary secrets of the decade”. The Daily Telegraph’ s Stephen Adams said it had been “the new millennium’s equivalent of the 1980s’ search for the golden hare”. Such was the nature of the secret that Magnanti’s colleagues did not know until one month before she went public, her publishers had been unaware of her true identity until the previous week and her parents found out on that weekend.
The third series began broadcasting in the UK and North America in January 2010. The fourth and final series started broadcasting in the UK on ITV2 in February 2011.
On 25 February 2010 Magnanti appeared on the BBC political affairs programme This Week to discuss the subject of sex education. She is also an occasional guest on The Book Show broadcast on Sky Arts and has spoken at a number of venues including The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival in conversation with India Knight. She has also spoken on internet and forensic identity as part of the Bristol Festival of Ideas and was a guest on the Stephen Fry 2011 series Fry’s Planet Word.
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