Mark Jonathan Harris Author

Mark Jonathan Harris is a professor in the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California. He is the author of many books, including Solay (Bradbury, 1993), Confessions of a Prime Time Kid (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1981), and The Last Run (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1981). Also a film director, he has won three Academy Awards for his documentaries, most recently in 2000 for into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport. Marissa Roth is a freelance photojournalist based in Los Angeles. She has worked for numerous publications, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times. She was part of the Los Angeles Times photography staff that won the Pulitzer Prize for Best Spot News for its photographic coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. She has published two books of her photographs, Real City: Downtown Los Angeles Inside/Out (Angel City Press, 2001) and Burning Heart: A Portrait of the Philippines (Rizzoli, 1999).