Christie Aschwanden is a freelance writer and editor. She is a contributing editor for Health, a contributing writer for Skiing and a contributing editor for Runner's World. Christie's articles and essays have appeared in more than 50 different publications including The Washington Post, O—the Oprah Magazine, National Wildlife, Runner's World, Backpacker, Self, WebMD, Cell and New Scientist. Christie has written and edited books and reports for the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health and other organizations. She has been interviewed about her work by the BBC and other media.

In 2005, Christie won a best article award from the American Society
of Journalists and Authors and was a fellow at MIT's Knight Science
Journalism Medical Evidence Boot Camp. In 2007, she won the
Outstanding Essay Award from the American Society of Journalists and
Authors and an honorable mention for print journalism from the
American Institute of Biological Sciences.

Christie received a grant from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis
Reporting in 2007 to spend three weeks in Vietnam reporting on the legacy of
Agent Orange. Her television report on Agent Orange, created in
collaboration with producer George Lerner, appeared on the PBS
program Foreign Exchange in June 2007. Her New York Time article about an Agent Orange remediation project in Vietnam’s central highlands was awarded the 2008 Arlene Award for articles that make a difference.

A frequent speaker at writer's workshops and journalism conferences, Christie has taught at the Boulder Magazine Writer's Conference, the Santa Fe Science Writing Workshop and the Telluride Writer's Guild. She is a member of the National Association of Science Writers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Association of Health Care Journalists.

As a life-long athlete, Christie has raced in Europe and North America on the Team Rossignol Nordic ski racing squad. In her spare time, she enjoys trail running, bicycling and digging in her garden. She lives with her husband in western Colorado.

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