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Avia Belle Moon
Avia Belle Moon is the pen name of a writer who started her professional writing career in Japan in 1995. She has written many articles on Japanese arts and culture. She has been p...view moreAvia Belle Moon is the pen name of a writer who started her professional writing career in Japan in 1995. She has written many articles on Japanese arts and culture. She has been published in various newspapers and magazines in Asia, including The Japan Times, The Daily Yomiuri, Kansai Time Out, and The South China Morning Post.She is involved in nuclear abolition activities, and works with peace organizations worldwide. She has been interviewed by the BBC regarding nuclear abolition, and edited Volume 6 of the Japanese graphic novel, Barefoot Gen-Story of Hiroshima. She went to the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she studied art history. Upon arriving in Japan in 1991 she continued her studies in Japanese art history and the Japanese language.A Thousand Years of Love is her first novel, and was a Finalist for the 2006 Word/Work Self-Published Book Awards. The Word/Work Self-Published Book Awards are an annual literary competition to recognition the contribution of independently published work to the writing world. The competition is open to the public and awards prizes for both fiction and nonfiction books. Self-published, print-on-demand (POD), and independent publishers (small press) are all eligible to submit their work. We look for work that is daring, inventive, and engaging-work that has critical appeal, and the potential to find a wider audience if given the right push.Her interview of Japanese manga pioneer Hagio Moto was part of the required course readings at the University of Wisconsin Student Seed seminar(Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) that examines the impact of race, class, age, gender, ability, sexual orientation and other defining aspects of our identities on our learning environments and the community.She has written three print books in total. “Temple of the Dueling Heart” was released in 2010, and her third book, “Spiritland-The Ghosts of California’s Central Coast” was published in 2011 by Schiffer Publishing."The Night of the Scorpion" is her first book in her Paranormal Justice Series. Since 2007 she has been besieged by ghosts and spirits, and she has found that writing is a great way to balance sometimes stressful encounters from the other side.You can read more about her writings at www.aviabellemoon.comview less