Michelle Malkin began her career in newspaper journalism a decade ago as an editorial writer and columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News.  She continued at the Seattle Times in 1996. Her column, now syndicated by Creators Syndicate, appears in about 100 papers nationwide. Her book, Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores, ranked as high as #14 on the New York Times bestseller list and was one of the best-selling conservative titles of 2002.  Her most recent book is Culture of Corruption:  Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies.

Malkin has appeared on NBC Nightly News, The Lehrer Report, The McLaughlin Group, and 20/20. She is currently a FOX News commentator; she is a frequent guest on The O’Reilly Factor and Hannity & Colmes.

Malkin, the daughter of Filipino immigrants, was born in Philadelphia in 1970 and raised in southern New Jersey. She is a graduate of Oberlin College. She lives with her husband and daughter in Maryland.