Christie Blatchford was born in Quebec and studied journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto. She has won a National Newspaper Award for column writing and in 2008 won the Governor-General’s Literary Award in non-fiction for her book Fifteen Days: Stories of Bravery, Friendship, Life and Death from Inside the New Canadian Army (from The National Post).

The Christie Blatchford Segment airs weekdays after the 6pm news on the Live Drive with John Tory.