Emma Larkin is the pseudonym of an American journalist. Born and raised in

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...

, and studied the

Burmese language Burmese ( my, မြန်မာဘာသာ, MLCTS: ''mranmabhasa'', IPA: ) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar (also known as Burma), where it is an official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Burmans, the coun ...

at the

School of Oriental and African Studies SOAS University of London (; the School of Oriental and African Studies) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury a ...

in London. Larkin covers Asia from her base in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

. She has been visiting

Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

for close to ten years. Here she covers the military dictatorship that rules the country. She is known for her coverage of Burma and George Orwell's experience within it in her memoir, ''Finding George Orwell in Burma''.

Works

* ''Comrade Aeon’s Field Guide to Bangkok'', 2021. * ''No Bad News for the King: The True Story of Cyclone Nargis and Its Aftermath in Burma'', 2011. * ''Everything is Broken: The Untold Story of Disaster Under Burma's Military Regime'', 2010. * ''Secret Histories: Finding George Orwell in a Burmese Tea Shop'', 2005. ''Finding George...'' won the Borders Original Voices Award for Non-Fiction in 2005 and was short-listed for the Index on Censorship's Freedom of Expression Award 2005. In 2006, the book won the Mainichi Shimbun's Asia Pacific Grand Prix Award.

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American women non-fiction writers 21st-century American women {{US-journalist-20thC-stub