Hiroko Sherwin was born in Nagoya, Japan and was evacuated to the countryside when the city was bombed during the Second World War. She later moved to Princeton, New Jersey where her three daughters were born. She served as a special correspondent for the Japanese newspaper Yomuiri USA and wrote four books in Japanese about American women and society. She now lives near Bath, England with her husband, three cats, and four alpacas.

Books by Hiroko Sherwin

Eight Million Gods and Demons

by Hiroko Sherwin

In Meiji-era Japan, an idealistic Japanese politician named Taku takes Emi as his child bride. Emi cherishes Taku's doting love. That is, until she meets Hana, a wicked geisha, and discovers a betrayal so devastating it would take the aid of eight million gods to overcome.