Ishmael Beah is the Sierra Leonean and American author of the novel Radiance of Tomorrow and the memoir A Long Way Gone , which was a #1 New York Times bestseller and has been published in more than forty languages.
A UNICEF Ambassador and Advocate for Children Affected by War, and a member of the Human Rights Watch Children\'s Advisory Committee, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their children..
Ishmael Beah is the Sierra Leonean and American author of the novel Radiance of Tomorrow and the memoir A Long Way Gone , which was a #1 New York Times bestseller and has been published in more than forty languages