Jan Morrill's debut novel, THE RED KIMONO, was released by the University of Arkansas Press in February, 2013. Jan was born and (mostly) raised in California. Her mother, a Buddhist Japanese American, was an internee during World War II. Her father, a Southern Baptist redhead of Irish descent, retired from the Air Force. The Red Kimono, as well as many of her short stories, reflects memories of growing up in a multicultural, multi-religious, multi-political environment. Her award-winning short stories and memoir essays have been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul books and several anthologies. An artist as well as a writer, she is currently working on the sequel to The Red Kimono. For more information, visit her website at www.janmorrill.com or her blogs www.TheRedKimono.com or www.HaikubyHaiku.wordpress.com.