Christie Blatchford

Christie Blatchford (born May 20, 1951) is a Canadian journalist, broadcaster and author based in Toronto, Ontario. She writes a regular column for the National Post newspaper after leaving her position at The Globe and Mail in 2011. Her previous journalist work includes work on the Toronto Sun, Toronto Star and National Post newspapers. Early career experience included work as a sports journalist with The Globe and Mail. She is the author of Close Encounters (1988); Spectator Sports (1986); Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army (2008), which won the 2008 Governor General's Literary Award in Non-fiction; Helpless: Caledonia's Nightmare of Fear and Anarchy, and How the Law Failed All of Us(2010).