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Gail Tsukiyama

ゲイル・ツキヤマ

Geiru Tsukiyama

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
San Francisco, California
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Residence History
San Francisco, California → El Cerrito, California

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Author, Lecturer, Book Reviewer
Active Years
1991-2024
Affiliations
San Francisco State University, San Francisco Chronicle, Ragdale Foundation

Education

San Francisco State University
English
Degree: BA, MA
Country: United States
Emphasis in creative writing

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Women of the Silk

1991 Historical Fiction

The Samurai's Garden

1995 Fiction

The Street of a Thousand Blossoms

2007 Historical Fiction

Hundred Flowers

2012 Fiction

The Color of Air

2020 Fiction

Bibliography

  • 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)
  • Hundred Flowers (2012)
  • The Color of Air (2020)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Detailed historical descriptionslyrical prose
Recurring Motifs
Asian American experiencesfamilyhistorical events

Legacy

Known as an American novelist focusing on Asian themes

Trivia

  • Father Japanese, mother Chinese
  • Appeared at the first Library of Congress National Book Festival