Åsne Seierstad is a Norwegian freelance journalist that has written a bestseller and her work has been translated into 38 languages. She studied Russian, Spanish, and the history of Philosophy at Oslo University She worked as a correspondent in Russia between 1993 and 1996. She then worked as a correspondent in China in 1997. 2001 She followed the Northern Alliance into Kabul after the fall of the Taliban government. Wikipedia
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