Julie Otsuka was born and raised in California. She is the author of the novel When the Emperor Was Divine and a recipient of the Asian American Literary Award, the American Library Association Alex Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award For Fiction and a National Book Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist. She lives in New York City.
Julie Otsuka was born and raised in California. She is the author of the novel When the Emperor Was Divine and a recipient of the Asian American Literary Award, the American Library Association Alex Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award For Fiction and a National Book Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist. She lives in New York City.
