"An extraordinary account of one reporter''s fearless and ultimately fatal dedication . Hilsum draws an empathetic portrait of a woman whose courage often crossed into recklessness, both in combat zones and outside them . Colvin never slowed down long enough to write a memoir. Now, thanks to Hilsum''s deeply reported and passionately written book, she has the full accounting that she deserves." -- Joshua Hammer, The New York Times Book Review "One of the best biographies I have read about any journalist. Colvin''s trajectory, personal as much as professional, was fascinating by any standard for the passion and turmoil that shadowed her from birth to untimely death. This is a great story, well told . What makes the biography and the life on which it is based so impressive is the truly heroic proportions of Colvin''s dedication to getting the story of human beings trapped in war .

Hilsum weaves the accomplishments into the personal story." -- Charles Glass, The Intercept "A wonderful book -- a fitting tribute, certainly, but also a well-told tale of a remarkable life." --Jane Bonham Carter, Sunday Times (U.K.) "Marie Colvin was a one-off, eccentric, brilliant and sometimes maddening. Lindsey Hilsum does her justice. She had the physical and mental courage of a pride of lions -- and lionesses." -- Robert Fox, Evening Standard (U.

K.) "[ In Extremis ] succeeds brilliantly in honouring a brave and hugely influential journalist, while allowing the real woman, with all her strength, intelligence and human frailty, to shine through . I n Extremis is a gripping and very moving book which raises important questions about the way society values foreign correspondents at a time when their profession has never seemed more perilous." -- Susan Flockhart, The National (Scotland) "There are times when the book risks becoming a hagiography, but Hilsum avoids this by combining storytelling with asking important questions about what kind of service war correspondents perform and what ethical codes they should adhere to." -- Lara Feigel, The Guardian (U.K.) "Hilsum is diligent . Hilsum avoids hagiography and the Colvin introduced to the wider world in these pages is a woman her friends will recognise .

The more complex truth, which Hilsum suggests, is that the American who died in the rubble in Baba Amr felt more at one with the internal peace she found in wars than with the conflicts she found in peace." -- Anthony Loyd, The Sunday Times (U.K.) "Excellent . Absorbing and meticulously researched, "In Extremis" documents Marie Colvin''s quest to bear witness to the atrocities perpetrated by oppressive forces throughout the world -- a calling she ultimately paid for with her life." -- Paul Alexander, Newsday "[An] intimate biography . Ms .Hilsum deftly explores [Colvin''s] complex motives .

[ In Extremis ] is greatly enhanced by its frankness." -- The Economist "Hilsum is able to portray Colvin in remarkable fullness . a rip-roaring life rendered extremely well." -- Kirkus (starred review) "Hilsum . has done a masterful job of telling Colvin''s story. This is riveting personal and professional history, told with skill and sincerity . Hilsum has created something truly worthy of her subject, a biography that reads like high adventure, a masterwork that will draw well-deserved attention to a heroic witness." --Colleen Mondor, Booklist (starred review) "Engrossing .

This unputdownable account will inspire future journalists, especially women, and should find wide audiences among those interested in global crises and international affairs." -- Karl Helicher, Library Journal (starred review) "Writing a biography of Marie Colvin is like capturing lightning in a bottle, but Lindsey Hilsum has the knowledge and personal experience to help us understand what drew Colvin to rush towards the eye of the storm at such great risk." --Annie Lennox "One of the modern world''s most experienced and admired foreign correspondents, Lindsey Hilsum has now written a riveting, intimate, and deeply moving account of the epic life of her late friend and colleague, Marie Colvin. In the tradition of Martha Gellhorn, her fellow American and ultimate heroine and role model, Colvin sought to bear witness and write well about the world''s most troubled places, and for twenty-five years she did just that, over and over again, going in deep and staying too long in a dozen conflicts from Libya and Lebanon to Kosovo, and from Iraq to Afghanistan and East Timor. She lost an eye in Sri Lanka, and eventually her life in Syria, and she will be long remembered--not least because of Hilsum''s fine work in this book-- as one of the great war reporters of her generation." --Jon Lee Anderson, author of The Fall of Baghdad "In Lindsey Hilsum, Marie Colvin has found, posthumously, the right biographer. She penetrates the war-zone of Colvin''s life, and fetches her back in all her beautiful, brave complexity." --Nicholas Shakespeare, author of Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister "A stunningly good biography--compelling, revelatory and very moving.

Lindsey Hilsum is the perfect writer to tell the story of Marie Colvin''s rackety, brave and charismatic life." --William Boyd, author of The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth and Sweet Caress.