Beah, Ishmael

Ishmael Beah, born in 1980 in Sierra Leone, West Africa, is the "New York Times" bestselling author of "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier". The book has been published in over thirty languages and was nominated for a Quill Award in 2007. "Time" magazine named the book as one of the top ten nonfiction books of 2007, ranking it at number three. His work has appeared in "The New York Times Magazine, Vespertine Press, LIT, Parabola", and numerous academic journals. He is a UNICEF Ambassador and Advocate for Children Affected by War; a member of the Human Rights Watch Children s Rights Advi...