Stephen Mansfield is a British author and freelance photo-journalist based in Japan. His photo-journalism work has appeared in over 60 magazines, newspapers and journals worldwide. Subjects have included issues, travel, interviews, political coverage, cultural and literary themes. To date he has had sixteen books published. Laos: A Portrait was the first color photo book to be published on that country, and his Lao Hill Tribes: Traditions & Patterns of Existence, published by Oxford University Press, was the first full length work on the ethnography of Laos. His photos have appeared in several books, and been exhibited. After years of globetrotting his current work is focussed mainly on Japanese subjects. His next book, Tokyo A Biography, a critical history (Tuttle Publishing), will appear in October this year.Australia's ABC Radio conducted an interview with Stephen Mansfield for their Saturday Extra program on December 10th (1:09:35) about his new book, 'Tokyo A Biography.' See the below link.https://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/pel3MoR22L?play=trueHighly positive reviews of 'Tokyo A Biography' have appeared in the San Francisco Review and the Seattle Review. A full length feature review by Julian Worrall appeared in the March 26 edition of The Japan Times. The author will be giving a talk at TAC (Tokyo American Club) in Tokyo on May 11th, at 7pm. Contact www.tokyoamericanclub.org (81 3 4588 0215) to find out more.