Karin Tanabe

Karin Tanabe
BornUnited States
Alma materVassar College
Notable worksThe Gilded Years: A Novel, The Diplomat's Daughter: A Novel

Karin Tanabe is a historical fiction novelist who is best known for her works The Gilded Years: A Novel, a novel about the first African-American graduate of Vassar College, and The Diplomat's Daughter: A Novel, a love story set in a Japanese American internment camp.[1] National Public Radio has described her as a "master of historical fiction".[2]

Biography

Tanabe is a first-generation American who grew up in Washington, D.C., with foreign parents.[2] Her father Kunio Francis Tanabe is from Yokohama[3] and is the former Book World art director and senior editor at The Washington Post.[4] Tanabe holds American and Belgian passports and speaks French and English.[5]

Tanabe graduated from Vassar College and currently lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, daughter, and son. Until 2017, she was a reporter at Politico.[6][7]

List of works

  • The List: A Novel (2013) – a novel about a young reporter inspired by Tanabe's experiences at Politico
  • The Price of Inheritance: A Novel (2014) – a drama set in the high-end antique furniture world
  • The Gilded Years: A Novel (2016) – a historical fiction novel about the first African-American graduate of Vassar College
  • The Diplomat's Daughter (2017) – a love story set in a Japanese American internment camp
  • A Hundred Suns: A Novel (2020) – a thriller set in 1930s French Indochina
  • A Woman of Intelligence (2021) – Cold War spy novel
  • The Sunset Crowd (2023) – a story of a glamorous female grifter in 1970s Hollywood

References

  1. ^ "'The Diplomat's Daughter' Is A Story Of Love In An Internment Camp". NPR. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "'Karin Tanabe's 'A Hundred Suns' Explores Indochina Of The 1930s". NPR. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ "December 2007". Kunio Francis Tanabe. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  4. ^ "'The Price of Inheritance,' by Karin Tanabe". Washington Post. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. ^ "HOME". karintanabe. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  6. ^ "Karin Tanabe". African American Literature Book Club. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Karin Tanabe". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 18 May 2020.


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