![]() She taught fiction writing at Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley. She received several awards including the American Library Association Stonewall Award for Fiction, the Golden Crown Literary Society, and the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction. Her other works included a memoir entitled The Family Tooth and a collection of poetry entitled Broken Rooms. It was a period when wearing a different color kimono could make a political statement, when women stopped blackening. Her novels included The Last Nude and The Teahouse Fire. The story of two women whose lives intersect in late-nineteenth-century Japan, The Teahouse Fire is also a portrait of one of the most fascinating places and times in all of historyJapan as it opens its doors to the West. Her first book, The Smoke Week, was her personal account of the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath. Before moving to New York City, she spent several years in San Francisco working for queer youth organizations. ![]() ![]() ![]() She received a bachelor's degree in performance studies from Bryn Mawr College and an MFA in writing from Goddard College. Told through the enchanting voice of Aurelia, an American orphan adopted by proprietors of a tea ceremony school, this book is "equal parts love story, imaginative history and bildungsroman" (Publishers Weekly).-From publisher description.Įllis Avery was born on October 25, 1972. ![]() The story of two women whose lives intersect in late nineteenth century Japan, this novel is also a portrait of Japan as it opens its doors to the West. ![]()
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