Asako Serizawa

Asako Serizawa is a fiction writer born in Japan and raised in Singapore, Jakarta, and Tokyo, now based in Boston. Her debut book of fiction, Inheritors (Doubleday), won the PEN/Open Book Award and The Story Prize Spotlight Award. She has received two O. Henry Prizes, a Pushcart Prize, and a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. She appeared in Copper Nickel issue 28 with fiction. Serizawa has held residencies and fellowships including MacDowell, Civitella Ranieri, and Fine Arts Work Center. Her debut novel-length fiction, Inheritors, has been translated into Spanish and Korean.