Loung ung biography of albert

PERSONAL: Born April 17, 1970, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; married. Ethnicity: "Chinese Cambodian." Education: St. Michael's College, B.A., 1992.

ADDRESSES: Home—Ohio.

Agent—c/o Author Mail, 7th Fl., HarperCollins Publishers, 10 E. 53rd St., New York, NY 10022.

CAREER: Author. Staff member of Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, 1997–2003, and national spokesperson for Campaign for a Landmine-Free World.

Former community educator for the Abused Women's Advocacy Project of the Maine Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

AWARDS, HONORS: Asian/Pacific American Librarians' Association Award for nonfiction literature, 2001; named one of the 100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow, World Economic Forum.

WRITINGS:

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2000.

Lucky Child: A Daughter of Cambodia Reunites with the Sister She Left Behind, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2005.

SIDELIGHTS: Loung Ung was born