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]

  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.