Karin Tanabe | |
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| Born | United States |
| Alma mater | Vassar College |
| Notable works | The 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]
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]
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