Horrible news. Not far from my digs, no less. Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking and a Northern California resident, committed suicide just south of Los Gatos. She was only 37.
Posted by DrMabuse at November 11, 2004 11:11 AMHorrible indeed!
I spoke with Iris last year, and well, she was smart and beautiful and talking about writing fiction and she had a whole life to live—
god damn!!!
Posted by: birnbaum at November 11, 2004 01:14 PMI chatted her at the NCBA a bit. And I'm just as shocked. She was absolutely passionate about her work.
Posted by: ed at November 11, 2004 02:31 PM