Hella Pick

Author

Hella Pick is an Austrian-born British journalist and author who has had a distinguished career in international journalism spanning over five decades. She served as diplomatic editor and Washington correspondent for the Guardian and has covered some of the most important events of the late twentieth century. Invisible Walls is her... memoir exploring her own history as a child refugee from Nazi Austria, her career in journalism and the broader story of twentieth-century European upheaval. Pick was brought to Britain on the Kindertransport as a child, and her memoir weaves together her personal story of displacement and survival with her decades of reporting on global affairs. Her writing combines the perspective of a witness to history with the analytical skills of a veteran journalist. Her audiobooks and books offer readers a powerful personal and professional account of the twentieth century's most transformative events. Read more Show less