Karin Tanabe

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]

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

Biography

Tanabe is a first-generation American who grew up in Washington, D.C. with foreign parents.[2] Her father is the former Book World editor at the Washington Post.[3]

Tanabe graduated from Vassar College and currently lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband and daughter. Until 2017, she was a reporter at Politico.[4][5]

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

References
  1. "'The Diplomat's Daughter' Is A Story Of Love In An Internment Camp". NPR. 9 July 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. "'Karin Tanabe's 'A Hundred Suns' Explores Indochina Of The 1930s". NPR. 11 April 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. "'The Price of Inheritance,' by Karin Tanabe". Washington Post. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. "Karin Tanabe". African American Literature Book Club. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  5. "Karin Tanabe". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
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