Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens was a British and American author and journalist, known as one of the Four Horsemen of New Atheism alongside Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett. He wrote essays and criticism for publications including The Nation and Vanity Fair, and his books include god Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, the memoir Hitch-22, and Mortality. Hitchens died in December 2011 at the age of 62.