Barbara Victor is a seasoned journalist, writer of novels and other works. After publishing "A Voice of Reason," the biography of Hanan Ashrawi, the prominent Palestinian, she turned to another reasonable voice: Aung San Suu Kyi.
Hers is another reasonable voice crying out for democracy that the military junta (once known as the State Law and Order Restoration Council, now as the State Peace and Development Council) that rules Myanmar longs to stifle.
Undaunted by deprivation (she was confined to her family home on Lake Inya outside Yangon for six years), Suu Kyi, known locally as "The Lady", is the leader of the National League for Democracy and the daughter of the Burmese hero and patriot Aung San.