In Memorium

Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking, was found dead in her car on Tuesday of an apparant suicide reports both BBC News and Yahoo! News. From the BBC:

The writer was discovered in her car on a highway near Los Gatos in California and had a gunshot wound to her head. Authorities believe the injury was self-inflicted. Chang had recently been treated in hospital after suffering from depression.

(News links via MobyLives)