After having served as prime minister, he resumed his business career and has since been called upon to assist successive Thai governments in economic and social policies, human rights and governance, including as chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee (1997), chairman of the National Economic and Social Advisory Council (2001), and chairman of the National Reconciliation Commission to restore peace in Thailand’s deep South (2005). Internationally, he is a member of the Advisory Group of Anti-Corruption Issues for the East Asia and Pacific Region, World Bank, Group of International Advisors of International Committee of the Red Cross and the Advisory Council of Transparency International (TI). He was also appointed by the former UN secretary-general, Kofi Annan, as chairman of the United Nations High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change as part of the UN reform.

Anand has been recognized both internationally and nationally for his dedication and work for the advancement of Thai society. He received the prestigious Ramon Magsayay Award for government service in 1997. He lives with his family in Bangkok.

H.E. Sam Sotha, Secretary-General, Cambodian Mine Action Authority, and Advisor to the Prime Minister of Cambodia
Non-fiction
Sam Sotha and his wife Sony are survivors of the Khmer Rouge’s brutal regime. Sam Sotha’s memoir, In The Shade of A Quiet Killing Place, is an inspirational story of faith in the couple’s four-year journey and survival through the Killing Fields.

After 15 years of resettlement in the United States—where he became a leading advocate for refugees and an active local political leader, whose contributions have been recognized with numerous awards—Sam Sotha returned to Cambodia in 1995. Ever since, he has devoted his life to help reconciling his country to the past. As the Secretary General of the Cambodian Mine Action Authority, Sam Sotha’s mission is to clear Cambodia of landmines. He also serves as advisor to the prime minister of Cambodia.

Christopher G. Moore
Fiction, Thai language
Christopher G. Moore is a Canadian author of 18 novels, one collection of interlocked short stories, and one book on Thai language. Oxford-educated, Moore was a law professor at the University of British Columbia for 10 years. His first book His Lordship’s Arsenal was published in New York to a critical acclaim in 1985, when he decided to become a full-time writer.

Moore moved to Thailand in 1988 and from Bangkok continued to write literary and commercial fiction. He has attained somewhat of a cult status among his readers in Asia and Europe and has an increasingly strong following in North America. Moore is probably best known by his cult classics, Land of Smiles Trilogy, his behind-the-smiles study of his adopted country, Thailand, and his highly popular Vincent Calvino Private Eye series.

Moore has been called “complex, moody, rewarding” (Chicago Sun-Times) as well as a writer “in the great literary tradition that hasn’t really touched down since Somerset Maugham” (The Globe and Mail). He is often praised for his in-depth knowledge and sharp insights about the part of the world he writes about. “One of Moore’s greatest strengths is his knowledge of Southeast Asian history,” said Newsweek. He is known, in the words of the National Post, for the way he “captures the bewitching spirit and rice-cooker passions of Southeast Asia.”

List of novels by Christopher G. Moore: A Killing Smile, A Bewitching Smile, A Haunting Smile, His Lordship's Arsenal, Tokyo Joe, Red Sky Falling, God of Darkness, Chairs, Waiting for the Lady, Gambling on Magic, Spirit House, Asia Hand, Zero Hour in Phnom Penh, Comfort Zone, The Big Weird, Cold Hit, Minor Wife, Pattaya 24/7, The Risk of Infidelity Index, and Heart Talk (3rd ed.).

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