Born in China, raised and educated in Japan, Alexander Besher is a San Francisco-based author, journalist and novelist. He is the author of "The Pacific Rim Almanac" (HarperCollins, '91), and the "Rim" trilogy of futuristic thrillers including the Philip K. Dick Award-nominated "Rim" (HarperCollins '94; HarperPrism, '95); "Mir," and "Chi" (Simon & Schuster, '98 and '99). He served as editor of the Chicago Review literary quarterly at the University of Chicago , was contributing editor to InfoWorld magazine, and wrote "Pacific Rim" (Chronicle Features), an internationally syndicated weekly column covering business, technological and social trends in the Asia-Pacific region. His forthcoming novel "The Manga Man" is the first title in his new "Dance of Darkness" trilogy of alternative noir fantasy novels. His novels have been translated into over a dozen languages and film-optioned. Recently, he has been writing screenplays and television scripts.