Lillian Howan

Lillian Howan spent her early childhood in Tahiti and later graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Her writings have been published in Asian American Literary Review, Café Irreal, Calyx, Jellyfish Review, New England Review, South Dakota Review, Vice Versa, and the anthologies Ms Aligned 2 and Under Western Eyes. She is the editor of Wakako Yamauchi’s collection, Rosebud and Other Stories (University of Hawai`i Press, 2011). Her debut novel, The Charm Buyers (University of Hawai`i Press, 2017), received the Ka Palapala Po'okela Award for Excellence in Literature.