Gail Tsukiyama
Gail Tsukiyama | |
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| Born | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Education | San Francisco State University (BA, MA) |
| Occupation | Author |
Gail Tsukiyama is an American novelist from San Francisco, California, USA.[1]
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]
- ^ "Gail Tsukiyama | Authors". US Macmillan. Macmillan. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ^ Larson, Jean. "Lake Forest Reads: Ragdale 2013". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ^ "Gail Tsukiyama: 2012 National Book Festival". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ^ "Gail Tsukiyama". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
- ^ "The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
External links[edit]
- Literati.net: official Gail Tsukiyama website
- Bookreporter.com: Gail Tsukiyama profile
- US Library of Congress: 2001 National Book Festival webcast
- Facebook page
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