Damian
Flanagan read English Literature at Cambridge University in the UK,
then did an MA and PhD in Japanese Literature at Kobe University.
As well as authoring or co-authoring seven books on Japanese literature, Damian's articles on Japanese politics, arts and society have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers throughout Japan including Newsweek and the Nihon Keizai Shinbun.
He
is currently working on his own fiction and divides his time between a
home in Manchester, England with a garden full of squirrels and a
house in Nishinomiya, Japan, with a view of a centuries old tree.
