Acting

Violet Blue

Biography

Ms. Violet Blue (@violetblue) is an investigative journalist on hacking and cybercrime, as well as a noted columnist and award-winning author. She has appeared in documentaries, indie films, and TV shows including HBO's Thought Crimes, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Tyra Banks Show, and news segments for CNN and more. Ms. Blue has been interviewed, quoted, and featured in a variety of outlets including BBC, The New York Times, Guardian, Motherboard, and The Wall Street Journal. Her books include five IPPY winners and have been translated into eight languages. She has presented two Google Tech Talks on sexuality and privacy, she was the first female podcaster, she is a crisis counselor, a harm reduction educator and a media crisis NGO trainer.