Jessica Hagedorn is the author of "Toxicology", "Dream Jungle", "The Gangster Of Love", and "Dogeaters", which won the American Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction. She is also the author of "Danger and Beauty", a collection of poetry and prose, and the editor of "Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction". Her plays include "Most Wanted", the Heaven Trilogy, and the stage adaptation of "Dogeaters". Hagedorn recently edited "Manila Noir", a crime fiction anthology, for Akashic's acclaimed Noir series. She directs the creative wri...