WILLIAM E. SHARP JUNIOR

Award-winning author of
          (Savant 2011)

PACIFIC RIM BOOK FESTIVAL AWARD

Award-winning author William E. Sharp Jr began his association with Asia in 1968 while serving with US Army military intelligence in Vietnam. He has an A.B. Degree in Political Science focused on Chinese and Japanese politics from the University of California, Berkeley. In Hawaii he received an M.A. Degree in Asian Studies from the University of Hawaii at  Manoa along with the James Shigeta Award for Excellence in Asian Studies and the Lee-Shao Chang Award for Excellence in Chinese Studies. He studied Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan and Beijing.  During the 1980s, he lived in Japan where he taught English and worked as a free-lance writer. Returning to the US in 1989, he attended Harvard University where he earned an Ed.M. (Master of Education) Degree in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy. In the early 1990s, he served as Executive Director of the Japan-America Society of Hawaii. He currently teaches classes about East Asian politics at Hawaii Pacific University and hosts Asia in Review, a weekly TV show dedicated to substantive discussion of contemporary Asian affairs. He often travels to Asia to meet with a variety of experts to glean the most    contemporary insights on Asian affairs.

The above works are also available in printed and/or ebook format from Amazon, Book Depository, GooglePlay and iTunes as well as other fine online and brick-and-mortar bookstores throughout the world. 

Visit the author's website at http://randomviewsofasiafromthemid-pacific.yolasite.com/