Carlin, John: -
British journalist John Carlin is the author of
Knowing Mandela and
Playing the Enemy, which became the Clint Eastwood film
Invictus with Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. He is also the author of
Chase Your Shadow: The Trials of Oscar Pistorius; Rafa: My Story, with Raphael Nadal; and
White Angels: Beckham, Real Madrid, and the New Football. John Carlin was South Africa bureau chief for the
Independent from 1989 to 1995. In a 1998 interview, Nelson Mandela said of Carlin's journalism: "What you wrote and the way in which you carried out your task in this country was absolutely magnificent...it was absolutely inspiring. You have been very courageous, saying things which many journalists would never say."
Carlin has also written for the
Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Times of London, Financial Times, Toronto Star, El Pais, Daily Telegraph, Observer; New Statesman, Wired, Spin, Conde Nast Traveler, Punch, New Statesman, New Republic, Time, and has reported for BBC, ABC, PBS, and CBS.