Author

Books by Ishmael Beah

Ishmael Beah was born in Sierra Leone in 1980 and served as a child soldier during the country's civil war before being rehabilitated through a UNICEF program. He came to the United States, attended Oberlin College, and later received a law degree from Cornell. He is a UNICEF ambassador and advocate for children's rights in conflict zones. A Long Way Gone, published in 2007, was his debut memoir and became an international bestseller translated into more than forty languages. He has also written a novel, Radiance of Tomorrow.