Biography

Kate Webb was born in 1943 in Christchurch, New Zealand. She was a writer, known for On the Other Side and Reporter vermisst (2003). She died on May 13, 2007 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Renowned as a reporter covering wars and conflicts in Asia, beginning with the Vietnam war in 1967. In 1971 she and five colleagues were captured by the North Vietnamese in Cambodia and held captive for 23 days before being released.