War defined my entire childhood and youth and most of my adulthood too - and in the US, it continues to do so.

I think a lot, so I don't spend a lot of time actually writing - I do that part very quickly. That helps, for me. To keep track of the characters.

I was interested in writing something that has meaning in the larger context of global conflicts anywhere.

Every new thing is a result of everything you wrote before.

There are other sources, but Wikipedia is a good start.

Sri Lanka is a small island, and the war affected everybody. Everybody knew somebody who was killing or being killed.

War defined my entire childhood and youth and most of my adulthood too - and in the US, it continues to do so.