![]() ![]() So it took, let’s see… when did I sell it? I don’t even remember. How long did it take you to write it, and did you have a long or short revision process? That evolved into a girl searching for her identity and going back to Japan, and what better way for her to find her cultural roots than with the Imperial family there, who have been established for a millennium? ![]() So once I had those two things together, the identity and representation pieces, that was really the driving force behind Tokyo Ever After. I wished with my whole heart to see myself in the books that I loved, in books like The Princess Diaries. And in reflecting on my adolescence, I also remembered not being able to find books that featured Japanese American protagonists, or books that were even written by Japanese Americans. It started more with me being interested in writing a story about a Japanese American, like myself, who is searching for her identity, a place where she belongs, which is something I struggled with as an adolescent. It’s so funny, because that wasn’t where the story started. Can you talk about your inspiration behind this duology? Your book is being compared to The Princess Diaries and Crazy Rich Asians. ![]()
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