Christine Toomey

Christine Toomey is a British journalist and foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times.[1] She has written several books, including Two Sides of the Moon (2004), which she coauthored with astronauts David Scott and Alexei Leonov,[2][3] and The Saffron Road: A Journey with Buddha’s Daughters (2015).[4][5][a] She won the Amnesty International Media Award twice for her work in The Sunday Times Magazine: first in 2002 for "The School of Assassins that the US Army has tried to hide"[6] and then in 2006 for "Beasts of Prey".[7][8] In 2003, she was a finalist for the "Feature Writer of the Year" award from the British Press Awards.[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ The book was titled In Search of Buddha's Daughters: A Modern Journey Down Ancient Roads when it was published in the US.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Barker, Jean E. (March 21, 2016). "The Untold Life Stories of Buddhist Nuns Revealed". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  2. ↑ Radford, Tim (May 5, 2004). "Two Sides of the Moon: our story of the cold war race, by David Scott and Alexei Leonov with Christine Toomey". The Guardian. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  3. ↑ Benjamin, Marina (May 9, 2004). "Review: Space: Two Sides of the Moon by David Scott and Alexei Leonov". The Times. Retrieved August 16, 2026. With the help of writer Christine Toomey, [the astronauts'] recollections have been intercut to create a dramatic chronological story...
  4. ↑ Van Booy, Simon (May 29, 2015). "'The Saffron Road: A Journey with Buddha's Daughters', by Christine Toomey". Financial Times. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  5. ↑ Tree, Isabella (July 2015). "Robes to Enlightenment – The Saffron Road: A Journey with Buddha's Daughters By Christine Toomey". Literary Review. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  6. ↑ "11th Annual Media Awards: Winners Announced". amnesty.org.uk. Amnesty International. June 27, 2002. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  7. ↑ "UK: Media Awards 2006 - winners announced". amnesty.org.uk. Amnesty International. June 26, 2006. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Full list of winners". The Guardian. June 28, 2006. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
  9. ↑ "British Press Awards". The Guardian. March 19, 2003. Retrieved August 16, 2026.
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