Marie Mutsuki Mockett

Marie Mutsuki Mockett was born to an American father and Japanese mother. American Harvest: God, Country and Farming in the Heartland (Graywolf) won both the 2021 Northern California Book Award and the Nebraska Book Award, and is a tribute to the complicated and nuanced history of the United States and its people. Her memoir, “Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye,” was a finalist for the 2016 PEN Open Book Award. Her newest book, a novel, “The Tree Doctor” (Graywolf), was on numerous most anticipated lists, including Kirkus, The Washington Post and Oprah Daily. She lives in San Francisco and Tokyo, and has been on the faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars and the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. She is a Fulbright Fellow to Japan for 2022-2023. Her new book, Tokyo Future Past, is forthcoming (Graywolf).