Ishmael Beah born in Sierra Leone, West Africa, is the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Vespertine Press and LIT magazine. He is a UNICEF advocate for Children Affected by War, a member of the Human Rights Watch Children's Advisory Committee and has spoken before the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations and many other panels on war and children. He lives in Brooklyn, New York City. For more information visit http://www.alongwaygone.com
Ishmael Beah born in Sierra Leone, West Africa, is the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Way Gone, Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Vespertine Press and LIT magazine. He is a UNICEF advocate for Children Affected by War, a member of the Human Rights Watch Children's Advisory Committee and has spoken before the United Nations, the Council on Foreign Relations and many other panels on war and children. He lives in Brooklyn, New York City. For more information visit