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Amanda Lindhout New York Times Bestselling Author, Expert on Transformation & Extraordinary Mindset

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• Vogue | A Captive’s Tale: Amanda Lindhout on the Story of Her Somalia Kidnapping

  Kidnapped in Somalia, Amanda Lindhout spent fifteen months in terrifying captivity. Only after meeting journalist Sara Corbett did she feel ready to tell her story.

• New York Times | 12 Minutes of Freedom in 460 Days of Captivity

  When I describe what happened to me on Aug. 23, 2008, I say that I was taken. On an empty stretch of road outside of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, out of the back seat of a four-wheel-drive Mitsubishi by a dozen or so men whose faces were swaddled in checkered scarves. Each one of them carried an AK-47.

• FLARE | Survivor and Author Amanda Lindhout on Moving Forward CULTURE Survivor and Author Amanda Lindhout on Moving Forward

  In 2009, Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout was freed after 460 days in captivity in Somalia—and spent the next six years healing. (Oh, and writing a beautiful, bestselling memoir, The House in the Sky, about her experience.) This past June, one of her abductors was unexpectedly arrested in Ottawa. Feeling raw and rattled by this news, Lindhout embarked on a five-day hiking trip through the snow-capped mountains of northern India. Here, she details how she regained her footing

• Toronto Star | Amanda Lindhout speaks out on arrest of Somali man accused in kidnapping

  Canadian freelancer, abducted near Mogadishu in 2008 and held for 460 days, said seeing alleged ringleader’s image online “literally took my breath away.”

• PBS | The Amanda Lindhout Story

  Choosing forgiveness to keep her power.

• ELLE | Why Her And Not Me? Robert Draper on Amanda Lindhout's Kidnapping

  The seasoned journalist was supposed to be the one held hostage in Somalia, but an inexperienced young freelancer was captured instead. A story of one woman's survival in the most brutal of circumstances—and one man's survivor guilt.