Iris Chang
Iris Chang (張純如) is a freelance writer and historian. She was born in Princeton, New Jersey and was raised in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. She earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism at the University of Illinois. After a short job at the Chicago Tribune, she began her career as a writer, and also lectures and writes articles for various magazines.
Iris Chang has written three notable works that document the experiences of Asians and Asian Americans in history.
Her first book, titled Thread of the Silkworm, tells the true story of the Chinese professor Tsien_Hsue-shen during the Red Scare in the 1950s. After helping the U.S military for many years, he was suddenly thrown in prison, and shipped to China, where he developed the Silkworm missile that would later endanger the U.S.
The second, The Rape of Nanking, documents the massacre of Chinese by Japanese soldiers during World War II, and includes interviews with victims.
Finally, The Chinese in America describes the overall history of Asian immigrants.
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