They probably do have an Asian Barbie.

Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.

Books are the ultimate way for writers to reach immortality.

The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.

After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book.

The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.

I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills.