Anastasiia Carrier

I met Katrina in 2021 when I profiled her (then anonymously as “Megan”) for a POLITICO Magazine series on people who quit QAnon. She was thoughtful and incredibly open about her experiences of being radicalized into this far-right conspiracy theory movement overnight, the emotional turmoil it brought into her life, and the work she and her then-fiancé had to do together to eventually help her find a way out. She continued speaking about her experience, trying to draw attention to the complexity of the issue and the challenges people like her face re-integrating into the world post-QAnon. For anyone interested in better understanding how radicalization and de-radicalization looked and felt for her, her book bravely reconstructs that journey.

~ Anastasiia Carrier is a reporter covering public health and safety for Charlottesville Tomorrow. She has covered radicalization, current affairs and international politics for POLITICO, Al Jazeera, and PassBlue.