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Kai Bird
Kai Bird (born September 2, 1951)〔(books.google.com )〕 is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist, best known for his biographies of political figures. ==Biography== Bird was born in 1951 in Eugene, Oregon. His father was a U.S. Foreign Service officer, and Bird spent his childhood in Jerusalem, Beirut, Dhahran, Cairo, and Mumbai. His father named him after Kai-Yu Hsu, a refugee from Communist China he met at the University of Oregon. Kai means "mustard" in Mandarin Chinese, and "Kai-Yu" suggests somebody who adds spice to life.〔(books.google.com )〕 Bird finished high school in 1969 at Kodaikanal International School in Tamil Nadu, South India. He received his BA from Carleton College in 1973 and a M.S. in journalism from Northwestern University in 1975. Bird now lives in Lima, Peru with his wife, Susan Goldmark, country director of the World Bank, and their son, Joshua.
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