''Finding Iris Chang: Friendship, Ambition, and the Loss of an Extraordinary Mind'' is a biography of
Iris Chang, author of the best-selling history book, ''
The Rape of Nanking
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''. Written by Chang's friend,
journalist
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Paula Kamen, and published in November 2007, the book's writing and research were motivated by Chang's suicide in 2004. Kamen authored a
Salon.com eulogy for Chang that received an "overwhelming" response, and this prompted her to expand upon the subject of Chang's life and death with a full-length biography.
References
External links
''Finding Iris Chang''at Google Books
2007 non-fiction books
American biographies
Biographies about writers
Chinese-American literature
Books about suicide
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