About the Author

JL Morin grew up in inner-city Detroit. She proffered moral support while her parents sacrificed all to a failed system. Wondering what the Japanese were doing right, she decamped to Tokyo. Her debut Japan novel, Sazzae, won an eLit Gold Medal, and a Living Now Book Award. Her second novel, Travelling Light, was a USA Best Book Awards finalist, and her third, Trading Dreams, became 'Occupy's first bestselling novel'. Her climate fiction novel, Nature's Confession, won first place in the Dante Rossetti Book Awards; a Readers' Favorite Book Award; a LitPick 5-Star Review Award; and an excerpt received an Honorable Mention in the Eco-Fiction Story Contest, published in the Winds of Change anthology of eco-fiction. Her second cli-fi novel, Loveoid, is a Cygnus Sci-fi 1st place winner, among others.Her cli-fi novels are on course syllabi at many universities. Ivy League professors have facilitated discussions with JL Morin's writing, and it is discussed in textbooks, such as Science Fiction and Climate Change: A Sociological Approach, by Andrew Milner, and J. R. Burgmann, 2020, published by Oxford University Press.Her most recent work, Tuck-a-tuck Dragon, is a diverse rhyming children's book illustrated by children throughout their childhood from the ages of 2-21.JL Morin's writing draws on a breadth of experience. She traded derivatives in New York while studying nights for her MBA at New York University's Stern School of Business; worked for the Federal Reserve Bank posted to the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center; presented the news as a TV broadcaster; and she is adjunct faculty at Boston University. Morin's fiction has appeared in The Harvard Advocate and Harvard Yisei, and her articles and translations in The Huffington Post, Library Journal, The Detroit News, European Daily, Livonia Observer Eccentric Newspapers, The Harvard Crimson, and Agence France Presse while she worked in their Middle East Headquarters.

Reviews

"Japanese myth beautifully percolates into the lives of the three young people."-The Harvard Independent"Step into Sazzae and embark on an ethereal journey of lyrical imagery, manga-esque twists and turns, and intriguing characters at once both fanciful and engaging."- Alex Sanchez, Author of Rainbow Boys and Bait"Morin's wit can be delicious. Her Tokyo actuality puts Morin several cuts above contemporary American novelists who bash Japan."- Canberra Times"Her most delightful descriptions are of the intrigues in the personal lives of the protagonists."- The Harvard Crimson"Like opening an expensive box of chocolates."- Sini Cedercreutz