Deng, Alephonsion 1984(?)–

PERSONAL: Born c. 1984, in Sudan; immigrated to United States, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Home—San Diego, CA. Agent—c/o Author Mail, PublicAffairs, 250 W. 57th St., Ste. 1321, New York, NY 10107.

CAREER: Writer. Ralphs Grocery Store, Hillcrest, CA, employee; former actor.

WRITINGS:

(With Benjamin Ajak, Judy Bernstein, and Benson Deng) They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan, PublicAffairs (New York, NY), 2005.

SIDELIGHTS: For Sidelights, see Deng, Benson.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

BOOKS

Ajak, Benjamin, Judy Bernstein, Alephonsion Deng, and Benson Deng, They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan, PublicAffairs (New York, NY), 2005.

PERIODICALS

Del Mar Times, May 27, 2005, Erin Spry, "From Death March to New Life on Coast."

Good Times Weekly, July 14, 2005, Christa Martin, review of They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky.

Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 2005, review of They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky, p. 272.

Library Journal, April 1, 2005, Maria C. Bagshaw, review of They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky, p. 107.

Los Angeles Times Magazine, January 5, 2003, David Weddle, "What the Lost Boys of Sudan Found in America."

Publishers Weekly, April 11, 2005, review of They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky, p. 40.

San Diego Union-Tribune, June 12, 2005, Wendy L. Smith, review of They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky.

ONLINE

BookLoons, http://www.bookloons.com/ (September 29, 2005), Mary Ann Smyth, review of They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky.

BookPage, http://www.bookpage.com/ (September 29, 2005), Anne Bartlett, review of They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky.

Insight News, http://www.insightnews.com/ (September 29, 2005), Terry Schlichenmeyer, review of They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky.

PublicAffairs Web site, http://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/ (September 29, 2005).

They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky Web site, http://www.theypouredfire.com/ (September 29, 2005).