Gail Tsukiyama

Gail Tsukiyama was born in San Francisco, California in 1957.
* She is of Chinese and Japanese descent.
* She attended San Francisco State University, where she received a BA and MA in English.
* She is the author of several novels, including Women of the Silk, The Samurai's Garden, and A Hundred Flowers.
* Her work has been praised for its lyrical prose and sensitive portrayal of Asian American characters.
* She has received numerous awards for her writing, including the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award and the Asian American Literary Award.
* She is currently a professor of creative writing at San Francisco State University.
* She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two children.