Kyoko Mori’s award-winning novel, Shizuko’s Daughter, was hailed by the New York Times as “a jewel of a book, one of those rarities that shine out only a few times in a generation....view moreKyoko Mori’s award-winning novel, Shizuko’s Daughter, was hailed by the New York Times as “a jewel of a book, one of those rarities that shine out only a few times in a generation.” Her acclaimed books include Polite Lies and the novels Stone Field, True Arrow and One Bird. Her work has appeared in The American Scholar, The Kenyon Review, Harvard Review, The Best American Essays, among other journals. Kyoko is associate professor of English at George Mason University and lives in Washington, DC.view less