Avia Belle Moon

7 7 2020

GREETINGS--MY TWO BOOKS--A THOUSAND YEARS OF LOVE AND TEMPLE OF THE DUELING ART ARE TRANSITIONING TO KDP AND NOT SHOWING ON MY AUTHOR PAGE AT THIS MOMENT-YOU CAN STILL PURCHASE VIA THIRD PARTY SELLERS BY SEARCHING FOR AVIA BELLE MOON ON AMAZON. E-BOOK NIGHT OF THE SCORPION SHOULD BE DISPLAYING SOON:)

Avia Belle Moon lived in Japan for sixteen years. She began writing professionally in 1995, and has written many articles on Japanese arts and culture. She worked as a photo journalist, and has been published in various newspapers and magazines in Asia, including The Japan Times, The Daily Yomiuri, Kansai Time Out, and The South China Morning Post. She is fluent in Japanese, and also studied Mandarin while living in Japan.

She is involved in nuclear abolition activities, and works with peace organizations worldwide. She has been interviewed by the BBC regarding nuclear abolition, and edited Volume 6 of the Japanese graphic novel, Barefoot Gen-Story of Hiroshima. She went to the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she studied art history. Upon arriving in Japan in 1991 she continued her studies in Japanese art history and the Japanese language.

A Thousand Years of Love is her first novel, and was a Finalist for the 2006 Word/Work Self-Published Book Awards. Set in Heian Period Japan, this book is on the list of recommended readings for the Japanese Samurai Portfolio project at Cal State University at Northridge.

Her interview of Japanese manga pioneer Hagio Moto was part of the required course readings at the University of Wisconsin Student Seed seminar (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity). Her second novel Temple of the Dueling Heart was released in 2010, and her third book Spiritland-The Ghosts of California’s Central Coast, a color photo book, was released in 2011 by www.schifferbooks.com. In the Footsteps of Nichiren Daishonin is her second color photo book. Her fourth book, an e-book, The Night of the Scorpion was released in 2014.