Ann Seymour's Profile

As a feature writer I interviewed Nobel Laureate scientists, athletes like Jerry Rice, movie stars like Joan Chen, Hollywood people like Glen Charles, creator of TV's Cheers, and a ton of other amazing people. But I wanted to write the story of how Pearl Harbor burst our young family into the agonies of the Pacific War, and the 1995 Freedom of Information Act gave me (and others) needed access to "classified" material. The story flashes from California (our home) and the Pacific with its population of astonishingly colorful characters. The diaries of Emperor Hirohito, for example, shoe him caught between his hawk wife and dove mother, who sent angry haikus back and forth. I printed the story at Kinkos for family members, one put the first chapter on Facebook, and a writer friend flagged it for her publisher. I ended up with a book deal. Title and release date coming soon.