Gail Tsukiyama is an American novelist from San Francisco, California, USA.[1]

Gail Tsukiyama
Born
EducationSan Francisco State University (BA, MA)
OccupationAuthor

Early life edit

Tsukiyama was born in San Francisco, to a Japanese father and a Chinese mother. She attended San Francisco State University, where she received both her Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Master of Arts Degree in English with an emphasis in creative writing.

Career edit

Tsukiyama works as a part-time lecturer for San Francisco State University and a freelance book-reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle.

Tsukiyama is an alumna of the Ragdale Foundation.[2] She lives in El Cerrito, California.

Works edit

Tsukiyama was one of nine fiction authors to appear during the first Library of Congress National Book Festival.[3] Her works include Women of the Silk (1991), The Samurai's Garden (1995), Night of Many Dreams (1998), The Language of Threads (1999), Dreaming Water (2002), The Street of a Thousand Blossoms (2007), A Hundred Flowers (2012),[4] and The Color of Air (2020).[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Gail Tsukiyama | Authors". US Macmillan. Macmillan. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  2. ^ Larson, Jean. "Lake Forest Reads: Ragdale 2013". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  3. ^ "Gail Tsukiyama: 2012 National Book Festival". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  4. ^ "Gail Tsukiyama". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  5. ^ "The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.

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