Anna Fifield is the Beijing Bureau Chief for the Washington Post and one of the most knowledgable journalists writing about North Korea. In her new book, titled 'The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un,' Fifield draws on her dozen-plus trips to the country to penetrate the layers of myth and propaganda surrounding the young leader and his nuclear arsenal. Fifield has gained rare access to Kim’s inner circle (including the aunt and uncle who posed as his parents while he was growing up in Switzerland, members of the entourage that accompanied basketballer Dennis Rodman on his visits, and the Japanese sushi chef who pointed to Kim as the most likely successor to his father) to give a detailed and insightful portrait of one of the world’s most secretive dictators. Fifield was the Post’s bureau chief for Japan and the Koreas and is a former Seoul correspondent for The Financial Times.

Katie is the director, Government Affairs at AmCham China and the liaison to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC. In this position, she coordinates the chambers’ government affairs, policy, and advocacy strategies and manages AmCham China’s US government affairs strategy. Catherine has a MA in Asian Studies from the George Washington University and a BS in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University.