Edith T. Mirante

Edith Mirante has roamed Asia since the early 1980s, collecting information on human rights and environmental issues. In 1986 she founded Project Maje, an information project on Burma. She has investigated atrocities and resistance in some of the most remote corners of Burma’s frontier war zones. Her latest book, “The Wind in the Bamboo” required extensive research and trips to India, Malaysia and the Philippines.