In Extremis: The Life of War Correspondent Marie Colvin
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography | 2021 | Shortlist |
| James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography | 2018 | Winner |
About This Book
Lindsey Hilsum's biography of war correspondent Marie Colvin (1956–2012), who was killed in Homs, Syria, is a vivid and unsparing account of a life defined by an almost supernatural compulsion to witness and report from the world's worst conflicts. Drawing on Colvin's own notebooks and those who knew her best, Hilsum produces a portrait at once admiring and clear-eyed. It won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography in 2018.
About the Author
Lindsey Hilsum is a British journalist and author born in 1958. She is International Editor at Channel 4 News and has reported from conflict zones around the world for over thirty years, including Rwanda, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria. She was one of the few reporters in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide and has covered the Arab Spring and its aftermath from its beginning. Read more →
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