![]() Her second novel, The Buddha in the Attic (2011), is about a group of young Japanese 'picture brides' who sailed to America in the early 1900s to become the wives of men they had never met and knew only by their photographs. The New York Times called it "a resonant and beautifully nuanced achievement" and USA Today described it as "A gem of a book and one of the most vivid history lessons you'll ever learn." When the Emperor Was Divine has been translated into six languages and sold more than 250,000 copies. ![]() The book is based on Otsuka's own family history: her grandfather was arrested by the FBI as a suspected spy for Japan the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, and her mother, uncle and grandmother spent three years in an internment camp in Topaz, Utah. It was a New York Times Notable Book, a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers finalist. Her first novel, When the Emperor Was Divine (2002), is about the internment of a Japanese-American family during World War II. After studying art as an undergraduate at Yale University she pursued a career as a painter for several years before turning to fiction writing at age 30. Julie Otsuka was born and raised in California. Awards-Guggenheim Fellowship Asian| American Literary Award. ![]() ![]()
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