"I actually celebrated two birthdays-my thirty-sixth and I think it was my thirty-eighth-in Gitmo. It's been a crazy chapter of my life for the past fifteen years now."
"When I worked at the Toronto Star, I covered the story of Omar Khadr. He was the Canadian detainee who was fifteen when he was captured by the United States."
"I love dropping the I-may-be-in-Guantánamo line. That story fascinated me for so long, and it has shaped my career as a journalist."
Michelle Shephard is an accomplished journalist and author, recognized for her extensive reporting on Guantánamo Bay and police abuses. She co-wrote Code Name: Pale Horse with a former FBI agent. She has reported on significant stories, including the case of Omar Khadr, a Canadian detainee at Guantánamo. Shephard reflects on her experiences in Guantánamo, where she celebrated two birthdays, and discusses her aspirations to write fiction, inspired by other journalist-novelists.
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