Sanjiv Bhattacharya is a British journalist, based in the USA. He was born in London

London

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 and graduated from The University of Cambridge where he studied philosophy.

A former features editor and current contributing editor for British GQ, he has written for several magazines and newspapers including The Observer

The Observer

The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...

, The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph

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, The Times

The Times

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, The Los Angeles Times, Marie Claire

Marie Claire

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, Maxim

Maxim (magazine)

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and Details

Details (magazine)

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. He writes generally about social issues, fringe groups, the entertainment industry and boxing.

In 2006 he wrote and presented the Channel Four documentary The Man With 80 Wives

The Man with 80 Wives

The Man With 80 Wives is a British documentary that aired on Channel 4 on July 19, 2006. It featured journalist Sanjiv Bhattacharya trying to find the whereabouts of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints leader Warren Jeffs....

, about Warren Jeffs

Warren Jeffs

Warren Steed Jeffs was the president of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints . In 2011, Jeffs was convicted of two felony counts of child sexual assault....

, the fugitive prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is one of the largest Mormon fundamentalist denominations and one of the largest organizations in the United States whose members practice polygamy. The FLDS Church emerged in the early twentieth century when its founding members left...

. He was subsequently commissioned by Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster

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 to write a book of investigative journalism about Mormon polygamy.

In 2008 he was appointed Editor of GQ India.

He currently lives in Connecticut with his wife and two dogs.