fred hiatt was inspired by the search forty jana's father. thank you both for joining us. brad, tell me how you two met? >> we went about five years ago when ti-anna came to washington after graduating high school trying to bring attention to her father's case. she submitted an op-ed to the "washington post"-- about we get 100 a day-- but this one was extraordinary. and we published it and i said "would you have a cup of coffee with me?" and that's how we met. >> ifill: how did you know this story would get attention? >> i'm from canada and i was trying to bring attention to my father's case and submitting an op-ed was one way someone else told me i should try so i didn't. i never thought that it would be published and that later on a book would come of it. >> ifill: ti-anna, tell us the story of the realty anna, including the origin of your name. >> okay, so i'm named after tiananmen square, june 4, and i was born in 1989 and my father who was a well-renown political dissident at the time decided that he wanted to name me in commemoration of his colleagues who died that n

joining us now, "the washington post's" editorial page editor fred hiatt.ti-anna wang, and her mission to help her father, a dissident, serving a life term in prison in china. thanks for joining us this morning. i'm going to start with fred and talk about how the two of you came together on this project, ultimately your book. what is it about her story that inspired you so much? of the many stories that are out there, especially pertaining to an issue like this. >> i think it was, first of all, she came to me with an op-ed submission. we get about a hundred a day, and this one just stood out. it was beautifully written. it's the painful story of a girl whose father goes missing when she's 13 years old. we published it, and i asked whether she'd want to get a cup of coffee, and we met. there was just something very inspiring about her dedication and her courage. she came to washington not knowing anybody, spent a year there trying to bring attention to her father's case. something about that, something about her name and the origin of her name that just stuc