Charlotte McDonald-Gibson is a journalist and author of Cast Away: Stories of Survival From Europe's Refugee Crisis, a critically-acclaimed examination of the refugee crisis in Europe in 2015, and Far Out: The Lives of Former Extremists and What They Teach Us, which delves into the causes of extremism and was published in 2022 by Granta.
After 20 years working as a foreign correspondent in three continents, she is now reporting from Washington DC.
Her reportage, analysis and opinion pieces appear in outlets including The Observer, The Times of London, Monocle magazine, TIME magazine, The New York Times, The Independent, The Guardian and The New World.
An experienced public speaker, she is also a regular TV and radio commentator, with appearances on Monocle Radio, Sky News, various BBC TV and radio channels, Times Radio, and others.
