Emiko Jean, best selling author, Emiko Jean

Emiko Jean is a New York Times best-selling author of adult and young adult fiction.

Her books have been published in over thirty languages. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America as a GMA book club pick, by Reese Witherspoon as a young adult book club pick, and in publications such as: Marie Claire, Entertainment Weekly, Time, Cosmopolitan, Shondaland and Bustle. She lives in Washington with her husband and two kids.

BOOKS

“I want to understand myself. I want to put my hands in the earth and pull up roots.”

“I want to understand myself. I want to put my hands in the earth and pull up roots.” •

glamour magazine, best selling author, Emiko Jean

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“Silence is the cousin of invisibility.”

“Silence is the cousin of invisibility.” •

SELECTED PRESS

  • ABC Good Morning America

    Emiko Jean interview with JuJu Chang

  • Entertainment Weekly

    Jenny Lee recommends Tokyo Ever After, by Emiko Jean

  • NPR

    'Mika in Real Life' focuses on identity and the diversity of parental bonds

  • Business Insider

    The 10 best new books to read in August, according to Amazon editors by Mara Leighton

  • The Japan Times

    ‘Mika in Real Life’: Emiko Jean tackles parenthood, love and self-acceptance

  • Shondaland

    ‘Mika in Real Life’ Captures a Complicated Portrayal of a Mother-Daughter Relationship by Katie Tomola